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London County Council Allotments, Elder Road.
Application was made for permission to shoot dust-bin refuse
on the London County Council allotments for the purpose of
making up two new roads. These allotments are let at a rental
of 1s. 1d. per rod per annum by the London County Council to
working men, who must construct the necessary roads, and who
cannot for that purpose afford to use clean hard core at a cost
of 4s. to 6s. per load, thereby adding an extra annual rent of
6s. 8d. per allotment.
During 1903, the Council took action to prohibit the shooting
of dust-bin refuse by a Contractor on land adjoining the allotments
during the Summer months, but, on the advice of the
Medical Officer, the permission asked for was only granted under
the following strict conditions:—
1. The depositing of house refuse on the allotments in
Elder Road, West Norwood, only to take place during the
winter months (December, January, and February).
2. The refuse, when deposited, to be at once spread out
and levelled—all animal and vegetable matters found being
buried or burnt as required, and in such a way as not to
be a nuisance.
3. This permission to be allowed as a special favour, as
an encouragement for the use of allotments by working men,
and not to be regarded in any way as a general permission
for depositing refuse within the Borough of Lambeth, by the
Lambeth Borough Council Contractor, or others.
4. The Borough Council's own Contractor alone to be
allowed to deposit the dust required (at 1s. per load).