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6. Slaughterhouses.
There is only one licensed slaughterhouse in the district in
which only two pigs were slaughtered during the year.
SMOKE EMISSION
During the year 18 complaints were received of nuisance from
smoke from factory shafts. With the active co-operation of firms
and the Ministry of Fuel and Power it has been possible in
several instances to improve the quality of the fuel supplied.
In one instance in particular great improvement has been effected
by the installation of grit arrestors, and an additional shaft,
which with the supply of better fuel has practically eliminated
smoke emission there.
OFFENSIVE TRADES
Establishment Orders have been granted to two companies who
carry on the offensive trades respectively of (a) fellmonger
and (b) fatboiler.
(a) Messrs. Gaston Morrell. Ferndale Road.
(b) Messrs. Lepard Wandsworth Road.
These two orders are renewable annually.
An application was received from another fellmonger who had
established the trade without first obtaining consent, thinking
apparently that the approval of the Board of Trade and the
dollar earning aspect was all sufficient. The factory, however,
was so close to dwellings directly abutting upon the yards
behind them that complaints of smell and blow flies were bound
to be made sooner or later. The Public Health Committee heard
both the company and the complaining ratepayers and after most
careful consideration found themselves obliged to refuse consent
to the establishment of the offensive trade in that factory.
DRAINAGE PLANS
All plans are registered with the Borough Engineer but the
Sanitary Inspectors are responsible for seeing that the work is
carried out in accordance with the drainage by-laws. 24 plans
of new buildings and 91 plans of alteration to existing drains
were deposited. In addition combined drainage was carried out
in 15 cases of which 3 were cases of relaying defective combined
drains for which no order had been made by the Council and no
Plans could be found and which therefore were deemed to be
sewers repairable by the Council.