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It was stated that—
"The provisions of the Slaughter-houses Act, under which the
dealing with offensive material of certain trades is regulated by bye-laws,
are adequate as far as they go, to the purpose of preventing nuisance,
and it was 'the success of the Board's Regulations made under the provisions
of the Act' which suggested to the Vestry ' the course most likely
to succeed in preventing nuisance in connection with the storage, the
collection and the conveyance of offensive material through the streets,
viz., by the creation of bye-laws to regulate the trades which involve the
production of refuse of an offensive matter.'"
The Vestry directed ray report on the subject to be sent to the Board
for their " further information," and as " containing a fuller
exposition of their views on the important questions " dealt with in
their circular letter.
In the Annual Report for 1888 the subject was further referred
to as follows :—
"The Board's existence having been threatened by the introduction
of the London Government Bill (in 1888), no legislation was initiated . . .
the Special Purposes Committee indeed made no report on the subject."
It was further remarked that " the materials collected are available for
the use of the County Council, whose attention will probably be given to
it in connection with the subject of by-laws,"—which could be made
under Section 202 of the Metropolis Management Act, 1855.
In 1889 the Vestry forwarded to the Count Council the Special
Reports on " Sanitary, Nuisances Removal, and other cognate Acts "
referred to above, " believing that legislation framed upon the lines
of the reports would be conducive to the interests of public health in
the Metropolis." Shortly afterwards a circular letter was received
from the Council enquiring whether the Vestry had made bye-laws
in pursuance of section 202 for the purposes indicated therein—
including " works of cleansing and of removing and disposing of
refuse " r —to which the reply given was that "no such bye-laws
had been made by the Vestry for the reason that the Vestry have no
power to make such bye-laws": the power to make such bye-laws,
originally vested in the Metropolitan Board of Works, "now vests in
the London County Council only."
Incidentally, it may be mentioned that the County Council in
1901 passed Drainage bye-laws under the provisions of the section —
45 years after the Act came into force, and 16 Tears after attention
had been called in these reports to the need for such bye-laws ; and
in 1893 they gave effect to the provisions of section 16 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, by framing bye-laws as to
prevention of nuisances, etc. —sub-section (2) (a) dealing with the
removal of offensive matter. The bye-law (1) then framed was in
1902 superseded by a new one which, among other things, provided
for the removal of peat-moss stable manure and cow-house manure,