View report page

23
to the dustmen and two persons engaged in checking the loads,
£756 5s. 1d.; and to the Dust Superintendent, £109 4s.; making
a total of £5,516 8s. 10d., against £5,203 5s. 10d. in 1889.
The number of requests to remove dust was 1,340, but this was
much below the number in many other parishes.
Cow-sheds and Slaughter-houses.—The number of both is
diminishing every year as new licences are rarely granted, and
several of the old ones are refused annually. In 1890 six
renewals of licences for cow-sheds were entirely refused, viz.,
to Mr. Whitby, 12, Bay St., Dalston; Mr. Strong, Lee Bridge,
Clapton; Messrs. J. & G. Abbott, 3, Paradise Place; Richards,
174, Culford Boad; Jones, Dynevor Boad; Crane, 17, Hertford Boad,
and three as regards one shed at each place, viz., Briggs, 65,
Pritchard Row; Welford, Spring Hill, Clapton; and Lillicrap, 167,
Well Street. The renewal of a slaughter-house licence was refused
at Plough Lane, and an application to newly-establish a slaughterhouse
at Stamford Hill was also refused. The places licensed were
clean and in good condition when licensed, but several were in a
defective state when visited by the Committee and myself,
shewing the necessity for continued oversight. An application
for an extension of the shed at 3, Hill Street was made by Mr.
Snewin, and not granted, as it would have been brought too
near the houses, and have interfered with the free ventilation of
adjoining premises.
Sanitary Work.—With the exception of the inspection of
small houses occupied by the working and poorer classes, which
was smaller than usual, the sanitary work has been carried on
to nearly the same extent as in former years, and the number of
nuisances discovered, chiefly on inspection, has been proportionately
about an average. The number of choked and defective drains
which were cleansed, repaired, or reconstructed were 716, being
fewer than in 1889, and the same remark applies to broken or
choked water-closet pans, which shews that the poorer classes
in this district are becoming more careful in their use. The
number of new traps provided, viz., 497, instead of bell traps
was large, although not so numerous as in former years. Nearly
all these were found in houses visited on complaint, and not in
the course of the ordinary inspection. The number of sink wastes