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(39) That the daily removal of house refuse in suitable districts
is advisable.
(40) That improved dust carts should be adopted so covered as
to minimise annoyance caused to passers-by during collection of
house refuse, especially in crowded thoroughfares.
(41) That the method of destruction of house refuse by lire
should be universally adopted in London.
Collection of Fish Offal and other Offensive Trade Refuse.
(42) That the collection of fish offal and other offensive trade
refuse should be undertaken by the sanitary authorities at the
expense of the producers.
sanitary inspection.
(43) That female inspectors should be employed in each
Borough.
miscellaneous.
Municipal Creches.
(44) That, having regard to the declining birth-rate and the
large infantile mortality rate of the metropolis, it is desirable that
the Metropolitan Borough Councils should be empowered at their
discretion to establish creches for the reception of young children
during the hours their mothers are employed in work away from
home, and to make reasonable charges for the accommodation so
provided and for the food of the children, and that the London
County Council be requested to insert in their General Powers
Bill for the Session of 1905 a clause to confer such power upon
the said Borough Councils.
Smoke Nuisances.
(45) That in the opinion of this Conference it is desirable that
the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, as to
nuisances arising from the emission of smoke, should be applied
to property in the possession of the Crown.