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paper, old flow cloth and other matters on the South
Eastern and Chatham Railway Siding, Shakespeare Road
—the complaint being signed' by several inhabitants of the
neighbourhood. A letter was sent to the contractor concerned,
and the nuisance was abated in consequence.
3. Messrs. Hyde & Sons' Factory (Arches 69 and
71 Lilford Road).
A memorial signed by 14 householders and ratepayers of
the Borough of Lambeth was received in July, 1909, calling
attention to the very serious, and objectionable, and obnoxious
smell arising from the manufacture of puppy cakes
or other specialities in the railway arches in the occupation
of Messrs. Hyde & Co. The said arches are situated' between
and at the rear of the houses known as 69 and 71
Lilford Road, and the nuisance was stated to cause nausea,
depression of spirits and other general lowering of the
conditions of health of the memorialists and other inhabitants,
within a considerable radius of the premises,
where the aforesaid' trade is carried on.
The arches (three in number) are situated in a triangular
portion of ground bounded by Lilford Road and1 Flaxman
Road and Red'an Terrace, and are surrounded on all sides
by houses in close proximity, and the difficulties of properly
ventilating arches is well known, even when such arches
are not closely surrounded by houses.
The business methods consist of the making of puppy
biscuits from matters which may be, more or less, offensive,
and during the process of manufacture, there is no doubt
but that an effluvium- nuisance may be at times caused, or
the business process itself may be an offensive trade under
Section 19 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Section 19 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, deals
with the establishing anew of offensive trades, and', as the