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There has been generally a great improvement in the condition of the cowhouses.
Special attention having been directed by the sanitary officials of the
parish to the paving, drainage, ventilation and the provision of proper dung receptacles,
constructed in accordance with the bye-laws of the London County Council
(Public Health [Lond.] Act 1891, sec. 39, sub. sec. 81).
The number of cow-houses in use in this district has progressively fallen since
1891, when their number was 21. In 1892 there were 19, in 1893 the number was
17, and in 1894 there were 14 licensed. It is satisfactory to observe that their number
is gradually diminishing as their existence in crowded neighbourhoods is very liable
to be attended with more or less nuisance.
With the exception of one, where the dung is removed from the premises daily,
proper dung reoeptacles have been provided in all cases, and the old stinking
insanitary pits have been abolished.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
Notices were received from Her Majesty's Inspector of Factories of insanitary
conditions existing in 119 workshops and factories situate in the parish. In 117
instances works were effected in compliance with notices served by the Vestry's
Sanitary Inspectors, and the nuisances complained of were abated. In one of the
remaining cases the premises were found to be unoccupied when the Vestry's
Inspector visited them, and in the other, the conditions existing were not considered
sufficiently serious to necessitate the serving of a notice. In many of the cases in
addition to abating the nuisances complained of by the Factory Inspector, extensive
works were found to be necessary to put the premises in a satisfactory condition.
Insufficient w.c. accommodation is very frequently met with, and where persons of
both sexes are employed, a want of proper separate accommodation for persons of
each sex is not infrequently found to exist. In many cases it was necessary to abate
over-crowding, and improvements in the lighting and ventilation were required.
SMOKE NUISANCE.
Communications containing 86 separate complaints referring to 80 persons in the
district were received from the London County Council during the year. Notices
have been served in each instance and the nuisances temporarily abated. The
services of a practical engineer have from time to time been engaged, and in a number
of instances, by his advice works have been carried out in connection with boilers,
furnaces, shafts, &c., which have resulted in there being no further complaints
received as to nuisance from black smoke issuing from these premises. This
appears to me a most effectual method of securing permanent abatement of
nuisances arising from black smoke, and it would be most advantageous to the ratepayers
of this parish if some practical engineer were appointed to undertake the work,
as it is practically impossible for the present staff of Sanitary Inspectors to effectually
deal with it, by reason of the great interference with their numerous other duties.
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
A nuisance arising from effluvia produced in the carrying on of a fat melting
business in the Hackney Road, was reported to the Sanitary Authority, and the