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that the time had arrived when the Vestry should,
on sanitary grounds, undertake the removal of such
manure, &c.
The Committee accordingly recommended—
"That it be referred to the Wharves and Plant Committee
to consider and report as to the practicability
of a scheme being adopted for this work to be undertaken
by the Vestry."
The reference was made, and on the 9th November, 1892,
a report by the Wharves and Plant Committee was submitted
to the effect—
"That the Committee had considered the reference . . .
as regards the suggested removal by the Vestry of
the manure from the stables and mews in the parish,
and had to report that they were of opinion that
the expense of any scheme to give effect to the
collection and removal of the manure from the
mews of the parish would be so great as to render
the proposal, at the present time, an impracticable
one."
This report was adopted by your Vestry.
The Sanitary Committee did not contemplate the removal
of the refuse without payment; they relied, rather, on the
willingness of the occupiers of stables to enter into an arrangement
to pay (as in the case of trade refuse), "a reasonable
sum for such removal " (section 33).
Complaints on the score of stench-nuisance from stable
refuse have been less frequent since the abolition of sunken
dung pits and the substitution of the iron cage receptacle;
but cause for complaint is not likely to cease until the Sanitary
Authority shall have undertaken the removal of the refuse.