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"that the nuisance authority should have the right to collect it
when the owner was in default, and to charge him with the cost of
so doing" ; the default being non-compliance with the Regulations,
passed under the provisions of the 53rd section of the Sanitary Act,
1866, for the " periodical removal of manure," etc., by the owner
thereof.
The report of the Society was forwarded (in 1881 ) to the several
Sanitary Authorities, anil to many members of Parliament —but
nothing came of it.
In 1883 I called attention to nuisance from "stenches arising
in the collection and storage of fat, and other animal matters, in a
putrid condition," on the premises of marine store dealers, and the
Vestry made representations to the Metropolitan Board of Works.
which, apparently fruitless at the time, subsequently led to consideration
of the subject generally.
In a special report on " Sanitary. Nuisances Removal and other
Cognate Acts " (March 13th, 1885), made at the request of the Law
and Parliamentary Committee,* I drew attention to unused powers
vested in the Metropolitan Board of Works, section 202 of the
Metropolis Loral Management Act. 1855, enabling them to make
by-laws for " works of cleansing and of removing and disposing of
refuse."
In November, 1887, a circular letter was received from the Clerk
to the Metropolitan Board of Works showing that the representations
of the Vestry had not been without effect.
It was to the following effect: —
"The Special Purposes and Sanitary Committee of the Board have
under consideration the question of the nuisance caused in the collection,
and conveyance through the streets of the Metropolis, of offensive
substances, such as fish offal, blood, kitchen stuff, and other refuse. It
has been represented to the Board that the existing provisions in the
Nuisances Removal Acts, and in the Local Management Acts, bearing
upon the matter, do not enable the Local Sanitary Authorities to deal
authoritatively and effectively with the nuisance, and that additional
* It had been referred to the Committee to enquire " whether the provisions
of the various Acts have been and are being enforced by the Vestry a3 fully as
the circumstances of the Parish demand ; and if not. to advise as to the steps it
is desirable to take for their better enforcement; and also whether any amendment
of the law may appear necessary." The report of the Committee, having
been adopted unanimously by the Vestry, was remitted to them and to the Works,
Sanitary and General Purposes Committee jointly, with a view to their advice " as
to the best means to be adopted for carrying out the recommendations." The
Committees reported on the reference in April, 1886. The two reports and the
reports of the Surveyor and the Medical Officer of Health were sent to the
Metropolitan Board of Works, the Vestries and District Boards, etc., and in 1889
to the London County Council and the individual members thereof. (See Annual
Reports, 1887, pp. 148-162, and 1890, p. 132.)