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During the summer we received a large number of complaints
as to nuisances arising from accumulations of manure. In a special
report last year I entered somewhat fully into this question, which,
in a Borough like Finsbury, is one of importance. The report
was approved and adopted by the Council, and acting under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Sec. 36 (2), it was resolved that
the Council "do hereby order and direct that the person to whom
"the same may belong be required to remove, or cause to be
"removed, daily, all manure or other refuse matter from their
"stables, cowhouses, or other premises situate in this Metropolitan
"Borough, and that public notice of this requirement be given in
"the district by bills generally circulated therein and delivered to
"such persons as aforesaid at their respective premises."
In accordance with this Resolution, the following notice was
printed in large bill form and placed on the walls throughout the
Borough:—
REMOVAL OF MANURE.
The Council of the above-mentioned Metropolitan Borough, being
the Sanitary Authority for the District, hereby give notice that
they require the Daily Removal of Manure or other refuse from all
stables, cowhouses, or other premises in the said Borough. The
Council further give notice that any person to whom the manure or
other refuse belongs who fails to comply with this notice will be
liable, under Section 36 (2) of the above-mentioned Act, without further
notice, to a fine not exceeding 20 - for each day during which such
non-compliance continues.
By Order of the Council,
(Signed) G. W. PRESTON,
Town Clerk.
Town Clerk's Office,
Finsbury Town Hall,
Rosebery Avenue, E.C.
3rd September, 1903.
The following Circular was also sent to six firms possessing
large stables in the Borough:—