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of house refuse" —a disgusting pracitice in which women are sometimes
employed —"under most objectionable and insanitary conditions." The
County Council have decided to "promote legislation with the object
of altogether prohibiting the sorting and sifting of refuse by hand in
London."
The Committee concluded their report by summarising the
several proposals, and recommended —
(a) That application be made in the next Session of Parliament
for powers—
1. Enabling Sanitary Authorities to require the cleansing
or destruction of articles of clothing which are in a
filthy, dangerous, or unwholesome condition.
2. Enabling Sanitary Authorities to require the owners of
premises to Strip the walls, and cleanse any room or
rooms infested with vermin, and enabling owners to
recover the cost of the work from tenants in certain
cases.
3. Enabling Sanitary Authorities to require the reconstruction
or removal of urinals or other conveniences
opening on to streets, and constructed before the passing
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and so
placed as to be a nuisance, or offensive to public
decency.
4. Enabling the Council to make by-laws, to be enforced by
Sanitary Authorities, requiring the paving of stables
with impervious material.
5. Enabling Sanitary Authorities to require the removal of
fixed dust receptacles after moveable receptacles have
been provided.
6. Enabling Sanitary Authorities to examine premises on
which food is prepared for sale, and to require the
removal of conditions likely to give rise to contamination.
7. Amending Part VIII. of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1902, so as to make penalties
against ice-cream manufacturers and vendors payable
to the Met ropolitan Borough Councils.
8. Prohibiting the sorting and sifting of house refuse, by
hand, in London.
(b) That a copy of their report be sent to each of the Metropolitan
Borough Councils, with an expression of the
Council's hope that they will support the proposals
contained therein.