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the public, and particularly to persons living in the vicinity of
the stables, your Vestry, on my advice, induced the London
General Omnibus Company to place a vehicle in each of their
yards in this parish for the reception of the refuse on removal
from the stables, so that it might be taken away without further
disturbance. The London Road Car Company, and
other large proprietors of horses, subsequently adopted this
plan of removal with satisfactory results, few complaints
having since been received.
It may be remembered that a few years since I expressed
the opinion that nuisance from this cause might be dealt
with under Section 21 of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891. This view was subsequently endorsed by your Vestry's
solicitors; and last year the County Council indicated their
concurrence, and also their approval of the plan of removal
above described, in a circular letter to the sanitary authorities,
dated 4th August, as follows:—
"The Council frequently receives complaints as to nuisance arising from peat
moss litter and other stable manure at various premises in London, and
on enquiry being made into the matter, it is generally found that the nuisance
occurs when the manure is removed from the receptacles into
which it has been placed, and in the course of such removal which may
take place two or three times a week. It has been suggested that the
nuisance would be obviated if the manure were removed direct from the
stables and placed into properly constructed waggons, or into movable
covered receptacles, so that it could be taken out of the yard without
being further manipulated.
"Section 21 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, enables a sanitary
authority to deal with any manufactory, building or premises used for
any trade, business, process or manufacture, causing effluvia, on complaint
made by the medical officer of health, or any two legally-qualified
medical practitioners, or by any ten inhabitants of the district. The
solicitor advises that, failing other means of remedying the evil, a court
might well be asked in the case of livery stables, cab or omnibus
proprietors, and other similar businesses, to act under that section in
the matter; but that, in his opinion, the case could also be dealt with