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Effluvium Nuisances.
London County Council Pumping Station, Battersea Creek.
On the 18th November, 1907, a complaint was received from
Price's Candle Works of an effluvium nuisance from the Creek
within their premises, and which is known as Battersea Creek.
On inspection it was found that the storm outfall was discharging
into the Creek an offensive effluent, and causing, in consequence,
a nuisance of a very offensive character. The London County
Council's attention was drawn to the matter with a request that
such steps should be at once taken as might ay-pear necessary to
abate the nuisance.
The matter was reported to the Health Committee at their
meeting on the 19th inst., and authority given for the service of
a Statutory Notice to be served on the London County Council in
the event of non-compliance with the preliminary notice already
served, and such other steps to be taken as might be necessary
to abate the nuisance. The Committee's action was reported to
the Council, who decided on November 27th as follows:—
"That the Council views with considerable alarm the
serious state of Creek at Price's Candle Works caused by the
water mixed with sewage which is pumped into it from the
pumping station situate in Creek Street, and belonging to
the County Council, thereby converting the Creek into an
open sewer; that, in view of the extreme danger to the
health of thousands of employees at Price's Works, this
Council hereby directs and authorises the Health Committee
and the Medical Officer of Health to take all necessary steps
in their power to compel the London County Council to immediately
remove the danger."
No reply having meanwhile been received from the London
County Council as to the action they proposed to take to abate
the nuisance, a Statutory Notice was served under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, and Metropolis Management Act on
the 2nd December.