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Messrs. McGaw & Co. (York Road);
Messrs. Sharwood & Co., Ltd. (Offley Road);
Messrs. Rogers & Cook, Ltd. (South Lambeth
Road);
Washington Laundry Co., Ltd., 30 Langton
Road;
Webbs' Dye Works (254 Brixton Hill);
South - London Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd.
(Bengeworth Road).
2. Coal Smoke Abatement Society— 4 letters dealing with
alleged smoke nuisances connected with:—
Messrs. Brotherhood & Sons (Belvedere Road);
Charing Cross and Strand Electricity Supply Co.
(Commercial Road);
Messrs. Doultom & Co., Ltd. (High Street);
Messrs. Holloway Bros. (Belvedere Road);
Messrs. Meredith & Co. (Belvedere Road);
Messrs. Sharwood & Co, Ltd. (Offley Road);
Messrs. Walker, Parker & Co. (Belvedere Road).
Proposed Smoke Legislation.
The London County Council convened a Conference of
Metropolitan Sanitary Authorities, on the subject of proposed
legislation dealing with smoke nuisance in London. The
Conference* was held on March 12th, 1909, and the following
resolutions were passed:—
That Section 24 (b) of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, which provides that "any chimney (not being the
chimney of a private dwelling house) sending forth black
smoke in such quantities as to be a nuisance" shall be
a nuisance liable to be dealt with summarily under the
Act, should be amended by the deletion of the word
"black."
That the word "chimney" in section 24 (b) of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, should be deemed to
include:—
* The Medical officer ot Health was the Lambeth Delegate.