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160
ICE CREAM.
About the middle of the year 1911 all the known premises within the
Borough where ice-creams are manufactured were inspected. There are
116 such premises within the Borough, 53 Poplar, 37 Bromley and 26
Bow. (See Table A, page 145.)
Cleansing of premises was necessary in 27 instances. 18 other
nuisances were remedied.
See Inspectors' reports, pages 217, 225, 233, 239, 247 and 255.
MOTOR VEHICLES.
Motor 'Buses—Mud Guards. Conference of Metropolitan
Borough Councils re Nuisances from Motor Traffic.
Motor Traffic (Street Noises) Bill.
Motor 'Buses—Mud Guards.
From time to time the General Purposes Committee have considered
the matter of the provision of proper splash guards on motor omnibuses
(see Annual Report, 1910, page 192), and following up the subject during
the year 1911, the General Purposes Committee reported to the Council:—
" The Council has repeatedly requested the Commissioner of
Police of the Metropolis to enforce the provision of proper splash
guards on all motor omnibuses plying within the Metropolitan
Police District, and has pointed to the effective operation of such
splash guards on the near wheels of omnibuses plying between
Piccadilly and Hammersmith."
"The Commissioner states no objection would be raised to the
attachment of similar devices by the proprietors of omnibuses
plying in Poplar, and on being urged to enforce such provision,
states he would not feel justified in going further in the matter
at present."
"The objection to the enforcement of the provision of splash
guards appears to be the cost, estimated at £8 to £10 per vehicle