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through and along public streets in the County of London was
approved by the Local Government Board on February 21st,
1905. The Bye-law is as follows:—
Any person who shall convey the carcase of a dead horse through or
along a public street in the County of London shall use for such purpose
a vehicle constructed and closed in such manner that such carcase shall i e
completely concealed from public view, and the body of such vchicle shall be
made of or lined with impervious material so as to prevent any liquid or
discharge from the said carcase escaping from such vehicle.
He shall so convey such carcase along the public streets with ail reasonable
dispatch, and so as to prevent any nuisance arising therefrom.
Any person who shall offend against this Bye-law shall be liable for each
breach of such Bye-law to a penalty of forty shillings.
This Bye-law shall not extend to the City of London.
EFFLUVIUM NUISANCES.
(1)—1a Paradise Road, Clapham Road.
Attention was drawn during 1905 to a trade process recently
established at la, Paradise Road, by Mrs. Schonboon, trading
under the name of the London Size Company. The trade consists
of the making of (a) bookbinders' glue, and (b) builders'
size. In both processes, glue is first soaked in tanks, or tubs,
and then melted in cylinders, mixed with sugar and alum, &c.
The premises, wherein the trade was carried on were found to
consist of a stable and an adjoining coach house, and to be in
every way unsuitable for the carrying on of such a trade process,
being ill lighted and ill-ventilated. There was one small boiler
in use for the production of the steam necessary for the melting
of the glue.
The trade process was found to be causing effluvia so as to be
a nuisance, or injurious or dangerous to the health of the
inhabitants of the district in which the premises are situated. A
memorial signed by over 10 inhabitants was received complaining
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