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The conditions of the contract, which was originally entered into in May, 1906,
and has since that date been in continual operation, require that the Contractor shall
collect and remove, free of charge, between the hours of 7 p.m. and 9 a.m., all fish offal
from the Corporation Markets and Fishmongers' premises in the City, to the entire
satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health, in specially constructed galvanised iron
bins of a pattern approved by that Officer, and to thoroughly cleanse and disinfect such
bins before returning them to the Markets and shops.
The undertaking of the Contractor to remove the material during the evening hours
instead of the morning in order to obviate the necessity of the offal remaining in the City
all night, has been attended with the success anticipated, no complaints having been
received this year of smells arising from all-night storing of such offensive matter.
Before arrangements were made for the removal of fish offal by a Contractor, it
was dealt with by the Corporation's own Officers in the ordinary way as trade refuse,
but the present method is both a financial and hygienic advance.
REMOVAL OF HUMAN REMAINS.
Liverpool Street, E.C.
During the year only one instance has arisen of the disturbance of human remains
i n the City.
The workmen engaged on the extension of the Central London Railway and the
construction of a new terminus at Liverpool Street, in January, unearthed a quantity
of bones.
A licence for their removal, dated 22nd January, 1912, was issued by one of
H.M. then Secretaries of State for Home Affairs, under the following conditions:—
(1.) That the removal be effected with due care and attention, to the satisfaction
of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London.
(2) That the remains be forthwith removed to and re-interred in the Ilford
Cemetery.
As the remains were brought to the surface they were carefully placed in cases
specially prepared for their reception and subsequently buried at the City of London
Cemetery at Little Ilford in accordance with the terms of this Licence.
In close proximity to the site where these remains were discovered a large quantity
were unearthed in 1903, during the construction of the Liverpool Street Underground
Convenience.
The spot where these bones were found originally formed a portion of the South
side of Bethlem burial ground, and was thrown into the public way when the North
London Railway was built.