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EFFLUVIUM NUISANCES.
1.—Dust Destructors belonging to Public Bodies.
No complaints* have been received during 1903 with respect
to the working of the destructors belonging (a) to the City of
Westminster and situated at Shot Tower Wharf, Commercial
Road; (b) to the City Corporation and situated at Lett's Wharf,
Commercial Road.
2.—Dust Destructors belonging to Private Contractors
(Messrs. Clarkson & Cookson), Tinworth Street.
Several complaints were received during the year 1903, and
were found to be due to neglect of management, e.g., coke
(secondary) fire not kept alight, offensive (vegetable) matters
being stacked in the yards adjoining, and not burnt at once when
received, etc. These destructors are visited regularly and
generally found to be in fair and satisfactory working order.
Destructors (properly planned and managed) need not be a
nuisance.
3.—Saw Mills, Dulwich Road.
A Memorial (signed by 11 inhabitants of the neighbourhood)
was received by the Council at the end of February, drawing
attention to an alleged effluvium nuisance from a chimney in
connection with Saw Mills, situated in Dulwich Road—the chief
complaint referring to "blacks" falling on clothes, which are
hung out to dry.
No nuisance could be discovered by the Medical Officer nor
by the Inspector of the District, and consequently no further
action was taken on the Memorial.
*On December 1st, 1903 a large quantity of breeze caught fire
accidentally in Cookson's Yard, Tinworth Street, and the nuisance at the time
was serious, but was abated within 48 hours.