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attended the meeting of your Vestry, having prepared a
report on the subject. The solicitor, to the Road Car
Company also attended, and requested to be heard on the
subject before the report was presented. Your Vestry
decided to hear Mr. Norris. I then advised that the
report should be received and referred to a special
meeting of the Public Health Committee. Your Vestry
decided not to have the report read, or referred to a
special meeting of the Committee as advised. Since this
period the Company has not again allowed the manure to
accumulate upon the premises in such a qnantity as to be
a nuisance, but I have, at times, noticed a very offensive
odour emitted from the windows of the stables abutting
on the main road.
LICENSED SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
The whole of the 16 licensed slaughter houses in the
Parish were under regular fortnightly inspection by the
four District Inspectors. At the annual inspection
of slaughter houses in October, 1897, I found that
16 licenses were to be applied for, and that they were
all reported to be in a satisfactory condition. At the
Special Sessions at the London County Council, held on
25th October, the whole of the 16 licenses were granted
without opposition by your Vestry. The following is a
list of the licensed slaughter houses in the parish:—