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REFUSE MATTER.
The prevention of nuisance in connection with the storage,
the collection, and the conveyance through streets of offensive
substances coming under the general description "Refuse,"
which was formerly a matter of no little difficulty, has been
made more easy by the County Council's bye-laws made in
1893, under the provisions of section 16 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891. But in order to prevent nuisance in the
conveyance of offensive matter through the streets constant
supervision is necessary, and as the police are always on duty,
and have therefore opportunities of observing offences against
the bye-laws, it appeared to the Public Health Committee
of the Council that it would be of material assistance
if the police were instructed to take note of any such
offences, and to give notice thereof to the Sanitary Authority
of the district concerned. The Committee communicated their
views to the Commissioner, who thereupon issued an instruction
to the police to note and report to the Sanitary Authorities any
breaches of the bye-laws made under the Act.
REMOVAL OF OFFENSIVE REFUSE MATTERS
THROUGH STREETS.
In connection with this important subject, at the meeting
of the Sanitary Committee held 29th October, 1895, I reported
the receipt of a letter from a fish and game dealer carrying on
business at South Kensington, who stated that his contractor for
the removal of offensive trade refuse had intimated to him that
" he was forbidden to collect any more (of the said refuse) on a
Saturday night, the consequence being that the refuse would
have to remain on the premises from Saturday morning till
Monday morning, permeating and poisoning the adjoining
houses." The writer of the letter reasonably added that "this
is a very serious matter and requires immediate attention, as
during the game season the offal is very objectionable."