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The Coroner's Courts, the waiting room and lavatories were
repaired, cleansed, painted or distempered, and where necessary
redrained.
THE SHELTER.
By Section 60, sub-section 4, of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, a sanitary authority shall provide, free of charge, temporary
shelter or house accommodation with any necessary attendants
for the members of any family in which any dangerous infectious
disease has appeared, who have been compelled to leave their
dwellings for the purpose of enabling such dwellings to be disinfected
by the sanitary authority.
The Council's shelter is situated at 47, Northampton Road,
Clerkenwell, in connection with the disinfecting station.
In 1910, seven families, 26 persons in all, availed themselves
of its accommodation in accordance with the terms of the Act
given above.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1910.—The
Public Health Clauses are contained in Sections 18 and 19, and
relate to smoke nuisances. They empower the London County
Council to enforce the smoke provisions of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, and authorise the Council to expend not more
than £500 per annum in connection with experiments for the
abatement of smoke nuisance.
Offensive Trades.— In Finsbury there is only one registered
offensive trade — Mr. Joseph L. Henson, Tripe Dresser, 137,
Whitecross Street. This was inspected on 14 occasions in 1910.
It was not found necessary to serve any notice for sanitary
defects.
Manure Removal.—This is not a scheduled offensive trade
or business. The removal of horse manure is effected almost
entirely by contractors, who carry it though the streets in open
vans, often banked up three or four feet or even more above the
sideboards of the vehicle. This manure may frequently be seen
to be loosened during its progress through the streets and to fall
in the roadway. Or windy days, owing to the absence of any