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As the Council had already approved the proposal of the London
County Council that legislation should be promoted enabling
Borough Councils to undertake by contract or otherwise systematic
collection of offensive refuse, the Committee, meanwhile, directed
that) such steps should be taken as may be possible to minimise the
nuisance.
Mr. Boyce, Sanitary Inspector Bow West Division, reported:—
"On the 11th July at 5.15 p.m. my attention was drawn by the
Medical Officer of Health to a pair-horse van loaded with bags
containing stinking fat and bones, at rest outside a coffee-shop
in the Bow Road."
Summonses were applied for.
It was reported to the Committee that there is an increase in
the nuisance from the removal of offensive or noxious matter outside
the prescribed hours, and in vehicles not properly constructed
or covered.
The vehicles conveying offensive or noxious matter pass through
the district at all hours and are driven at such a pace That the
officers of the Sanitary Authority cannot cause the drivers to stop
in order to obtain their names and addresses, and those of their
employers.
The drivers can only be questioned should they happen to pull
up on their journey.
When the by-laws were first passed in June, 1903, the Police
used to communicate with the Local Authority whose duty it is to
prosecute, and the Police giving the necessary evidence.
A case was heard at the Thames Police Court upon information
given by the Police, but the Magistrate dismissed the summons
as he did not consider the matter removed was of an offensive
nature, and since the dismissal of this case the Police have taken
no active steps in assisting the Poplar Sanitary Authority.
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