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between members of the Main Drainage Committee of the
London County Council and the Public Health Committee
of this Council was arranged, when an agreement was come to that
for the present this Council should take no further action in pressing
their complaint upon the Home Office, if the London County
Council, in two or three selected spots in the Borough, erected
suitable safety-valve ventilating columns. Arrangements are being
made to this end, and this experiment will be watched with
particular care and interest during the coming summer, and it is to
be hoped that at the times—particularly just before a thunderstorm,
or when the barometer is falling rapidly—when these objectionable
emanations from the sewer are most evidenced these safety-valve
apertures at the top of tall ventilating columns will provide
sufficient outlet for the gases from the sewer at a sufficient distance
above the surface of the ground, so that the nuisance will not be so
objectionable and serious.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order. At the commencement
of the year there were 166 premises on the Register
of Dairies and Milkshops; 5 new applications have been received
during the year and added to the Register, and 11 names have been
taken off, thus leaving a total of 160 premises now registered.
During the year 200 visits of inspection have been paid to these
premises; notices were served upon the occupiers in 14 cases, 4 of
which were for dirty premises generally, in 5 cases for dirty milk
vessels and utensils, 1 for want of proper covering for milk receptacles,
and in 4 instances for general insanitary conditions.
Under the powers conferred by the London County Council
(General) Powers Act, 1908, Section 5, with respect to the registration
of premises unsuitable for the sale of milk, such registration
has been refused on the grounds of the unsuitability of the
premises in 3 cases.
Ice Cream Premises. There were 125 premises known at
the commencement of the year where the manufacture of this
commodity was carried on; 13 have been added during the year and
21 taken off, leaving a total of 117 premises. These premises were