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Offensive Trades.
That the business of a marine store dealer should be added to
the list of offensive businesses specified in Section 19 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
That the business of a fried fish shopkeeper should be added
to the list of offensive businesses specified in Section 19 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
That the London County Council be requested to make an
order to carry out these resolutions.
House Refuse.
That this Conference is of opinion that dust collection should
be carried out by the responsible officers of the sanitary authority
without the intervention of a contractor.
That the daily removal of house refuse in suitable districts is
advisable.
That improved dust carts should be adopted so covered as to
minimise annoyance caused to passers-by dnring collection of
house refuse, especially in crowded thoroughfares.
That the method of destruction of house refuse by fire should
be universally adopted in London.
Collection of Fish Offal and other Offensive Trade Refuse.
That the collection of fish offal and other offensive trade refuse
should be undertaken by the sanitary authorities at the expense
of the producers.
SANITARY INSPECTION.
That Female Inspectors should be employed in each Borough.
MISCELLANEOUS
Municipal Creches.
That, having regard to the declining birthrate and the large
infantile mortality rate of the Metropolis, it is desirable that the
Metropolitan Borough Councils should be empowered at their
discretion to establish creches for the reception of young children
during the hours their mothers are employed in work away from
home, and to make reasonable charges for the accommodation so
provided and for the food of the children, and that the London
County Council be requested to insert in their General Powers
Bill for the Session of 1905 a clause to confer such power upon
the said Borough Councils.