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the Bye-Laws as was suggested, being of opinion that
collection and removal of offensive refuse should take
place during daylight, this view at the time of making
the present Bye-Laws being supported by the Local
Government Board.
Of twenty-nine Authorities asked for their views
on the proposed alteration, three did not reply,
thirteen were in favour, five replied in the negative,
two expressed no opinion and six advocated the use of
removal in proper hermetically sealed vessels, which
had been already recommended to the producers of
offensive offal in this Borough by a circular letter, the
contractors being prepared to provide one tin, the
producer the other. Two Boroughs recommended
entering into a formal contract for the removal of such
refuse, but this is not quite suitable for us. Nothing
short of the original suggestions made by the Committee
will effect a solution of the matter.
MILKSHOPS AND MILKSTORES.
Section 5 (I) of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1908, which came into force on
January 1st, 1909, purports as pointed out in the last
Annual Report, to give power to Sanitary Authorities
to refuse to register or remove from the register any
cowkeepers, dairymen or milk vendors, who carry on
their business on premises, which in the opinion of
the Authority, are unsuitable for the sale of milk
therein. All this is, as was stated a year ago, subject
to a proviso which is not quite intelligible, and to
appeal to a court of summary jurisdiction, the sanitary