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however, rather than carry out alterations to one of his cowsheds,
decided that it would be preferable to build a new cowshed, steps
were taken to carry out this suggestion without giving the Loca
Authority any notice or information respecting the proposed new
cowshed. Objection was accordingly made to the London
County Council against this proposal on those grounds, and the
hearing of the matter was adjourned, in order that the necessary
notice and information should be given to this Council. As soon
as the plan and particulars were received, they were considered by
the Public Health Committee, and certain improvements
suggested, particulars of which were forwarded to the applicants
and to the London County Council, but although the officials of
the London County Council and the occupier of the premises
admitted that the alterations suggested by this Council were
eminently desirable, and would be an improvement upon the plan
as presented, yet the County Council accepted the plan as presented,
without alteration in the way suggested. I am accordingly
very much afraid that, when this new cowshed is in occupation,
and definitely comes within the purview of this Council to see
that the various regulations respecting cowsheds are carried out,
the occupier may be put to considerable additional and unnecessary
expense, in order to abate, or obviate, serious nuisance
which may arise.
One occupier of premises, which some few years since were
in use as a cowshed, made application for revival of this license,
and was willing to carry out the necessary works suggested by this
Council, but a license was not granted him.
The inconvenience occasioned to the public generally by
having two authorities in this way dealing with the same matter,
appears to be at last realised by the County Council, who I