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" performed in such a manner as is necessary to comply with the provisions
" of the Public Health (London) Act, and the Bye-laws of the London
" County Council made thereunder, and the Contractor is to indemnify the
" said Board from all costs, damages, and expenses which the Board might
" be put to in respect of the non-compliance with the provisions of the said
" Statutes and Bye-laws."
" The contents of all public dust-bins, wherever situate, shall be cleared
" out and carted away by the Contractor daily, whatever may be the nature of
"the contents."
It is desirable that all the old large house dust-bins, and public dust-bins
in courts and alleys, which are a constant source of nuisance, should be
demolished, and replaced by sanitary galvanised iron dust-pails. These can
easily be moved and at once emptied by the dustmen, with much less labour
and nuisance to the occupier and neighbours.
If the Board would provide additional galvanised-iron dust-pails, so that
those containing refuse could be placed without emptying them on the dustcart,
and an empty cleansed one left, all the nuisance to occupiers of houses,
and to the public passing the dust-carts in the streets, caused by the present
method, would be abolished.
The dust-pails could then be emptied once for all into the Contractor's
barges at the wharf, and afterwards cleansed and disinfected before being
sent out again.
If this system were adopted, and householders and occupiers co-operated
by placing the pails outside their houses on the days for collection, the work
of the dustmen would be much facilitated, less men would be needed, and
the expense to the ratepayers diminished, and at the same time the constantly
recurring sources of nuisance, discomfort, and annoyance would be removed.
THE MEAT MARKET.
As soon as I began my duties as your Medical Officer, I was requested to
report to you what, in my opinion, was the best way of dealing with the
question of the alleged sale of diseased meat in your district in the immediate
vicinity of, but outside, the Central Meat Market.
Attention had been called to the matter in Parliament, the London
County Council, and the Press, and by the City Commissioners of Sewers, so
that the unenviable character of the market was notorious.