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day are specified in the slaughter-house bye-law within which the
containing vessels must be removed, nor is any such limitation really
necessary, as no nuisance could arise in the course of conveyance
through the streets if the receptacles were clean externally and tightly
covered.
" We now come to the consideration of the Bye-law of 1893,
made under the provisions of section 16 (2) of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, which authorises the Council to make bye-laws
' for prescribing the times for the removal or carriage by road or
water of any fæcal or offensive or noxious matter, in or through
London,' and provides that ' the carriage or vessel vised therefor shall
be properly constructed and covered so as to prevent the escape of any
such matter and as to prevent any nuisance arising
therefrom.' The bye-law (1) prescribes the hours within which
the removal must be effected, viz., between four and ten a.m.
during the months from March to October inclusive, and between six
a m. and noon during the months from November to February inclusive.*
When the bye-laws were under consideration, your Vestry—having
already adopted my view that evening, after business hours, is
the proper time for removal of offensive trade refuse —made
a recommendation! to the Council to that purport, but without effect."
* The bye-law in its entirety reads thus : —
1. " FÆCAL and Offensive Matter.—Every person who shall
remove or carry by road or water in or through London, any fæcal or
offensive or noxious matter or liquid, whether such matter or liquid
shall be in course of removal or carriage from within or without or
through London, shall not remove or carry such matter or liquid in or
through London except between the hours of four o'clock and ten
o'clock in the forenoon during the months of March, .April, May, June,
July, August. September, and October, and except between the hours
of six o'clock in the forenoon and twelve o'clock at noon during the
months of November, December, January, and February. Such
persons shall use a suitable carriage or vessel, properly constructed and
furnished with a sufficient covering, so as to prevent the escape of any
such matter or liquid therefrom, and so as to prevent any nuisance
arising therefrom. Provided that this bye-law shall not apply to the
carriage of horse dung manure."
The precise recommendation made was that the hours for the
removal of refuse should be from eight p.m. to eight a.m. But this
practically means evening removal,