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frequently than that. I believe a bi-weekly collection throughout
the whole of the Borough would be a distinct advantage, but when
the question was considered by the Highways Committee, I
understand that the cost of this alteration was considered to be too
great. The question of the collection of offensive trade refuse has
on several occasions been brought to the notice of the Public
Health Committee. There is no doubt that the collection of this
material is liable to be the cause of a great nuisance, even although
the person collecting the material keeps rigidly within the By-laws
upon the subject. I have reported specially upon this subject to
the Public Health Committee from time to time, and it would
seem that the most satisfactory way would be for the Council to
themselves collect this material; the difficulty, however, appears
to be as to the disposal of the material when it has been collected
by the Council, for in the absence of any efficient means of dealing
with the refuse, such as a Dust Destructor, Incinerator, &c., it is
difficult to know what would be done with the material, so that no
nuisance to ourselves or adjoining neighbourhoods should be
caused thereby. The cost, again, of the special van and apparatus
required for the satisfactory collection of this material was found
to be considerable.
Complaints have again been somewhat frequent as to the
nuisance occasioned by the burning of various refuse matters on
waste lands within the district. This primitive method of disposing
of certain portions of the refuse material is generally found
to be carried on at a considerable distance from houses and public
thoroughfares, but at the same time there is no doubt that
considerable nuisance is occasioned when the wind is blowing the
smoke and objectionable effluvium in the direction of houses or
public thoroughfares. The way in which the Greenwich Marshes