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REFUSE MATTER.
The prevention of nuisance in connection with the storage,
the collection, and the conveyance through streets of offensive
substances coming under the general description "Refuse,"
which was formerly a matter of no little difficulty, has been made
more easy by the bye-laws which the County Council and your
Vestry made in 1893, under the provisions of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891. Obviously it will be necessary, in order
to prevent nuisance in the conveyanee of offensive matter
through the streets, that constant supervision should be exercised.
As the police are always on duty, and have therefore
opportunities of observing offences against the bye-laws, it
appeared to the Public Health and Housing Committee of the
County Council, that it would be of material assistance if the
police were instructed to take note of any such offences, and to
give notice thereof to the Sanitary Authority of the district
concerned. The Committee communicated their views to the
Commissioner, who replied that the police "had been instructed
to note and report to the Sanitary Authorities any breaches
of the bye-laws" made by the Council under section 16 of
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
REMOVAL OF OFFENSIVE REFUSE MATTERS
THROUGH STREETS.
In connection with this important subject, at the meeting
of the Sanitary Committee held 29th October, I reported the
receipt of a letter from a fish and game dealer carrying on
business at South Kensington, stating that his contractor for
the removal of offensive trade refuse had intimated to him
that " he was forbidden, by the action of the Vestry, to collect
any more (of the said refuse) on a Saturday night, the consequence
being that the refuse would have to remain on the
premises from Saturday morning till Monday morning, per-