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Trade Refuse.
invalid, as it did not provide for notice to be given before
action was taken. The proposed amended bye-law was sent
to this Council as the sanitary authority for the district
pursuant to the provisions of Section 114 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891. The Committee raised no
objection to the same, and directed that the London County
Council be so informed.
The Committee received a letter 15th April, from the
Loudon County Council, stating that with reference to the
proposed amendment of the law imposing upon every
sanitary authority the duty of collecting and removing from
any premises within their District all trade refuse of an
offensive nature, they had received replies that a number of
the Sanitary Authorities were opposed to the proposal that
it should be their duty to collect offensive refuse, and that
with a view of meeting these objections the clauses had
been re-drafted so as to enable, but not compel, Sanitary
Authorities to undertake such collection. The London
County Council forward the amended suggested clauses as
follows:—
The sanitary authority, if they think fit may:—
1. (a) Employ a sufficient number of scavengers,
or contract with any scavengers, whether a
company or individuals, for collecting and
removing at proper periods, of which sufficient
notice shall be given, all trade refuse of an
offensive or noxious nature from any premises
within their district.
(b) Where the sanitary authority, in pursuance
of the power hereby conferred, has undertaken
the collection of such refuse, and such