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In practice it has been found that the former of these provisions
is quite unworkable and illusory, and that the latter is of comparatively
little practical avail owing to the expense and difficulty of legal proof
that any smoke, no matter what its colour or density, constitutes " black
smoke " within the scientific meaning of the words; so much so indeed
that many authorities hesitate and even decline to take any proceedings
at all.
ICE CREAM.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902, Sec. 43.
Twice annually and as often as may be necessary all the known
premises within the Borough where ice-creams are manufactured are
inspected. There are 122 such premises within the Borough, 56 Poplar,
40 Bromley, and 26 Bow. (See Table A, page 178).
Cleansing of premises was necessary in 16 instances. Eight other
nuisances were remedied.
See Inspectors' reports, pages 237-268.
MOTOR VEHICLES, Etc.
Motor 'Buses—Mud Guards ; Bye-law as to Breakdown of Vehicles
in Streets; Bye-law as to Slow Moving 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 Reports, 1910-1913).
The General Purposes Committee reported to the Council that they
had again had under consideration, on a communication from the Metropolitan
Boroughs Standing Joint Committee, the question of Splash
Guards for Motor Vehicles. The matter had been brought before the
Commissioner of Police on various occasions, but he repeated the opinion
that no effective device had yet been brought to the notice of the Police.
The Committee reported to the Council that they were informed, however,
that the trouble had been effectively dealt with by splash guards in other
places, and are of opinion there would be no insuperable difficulty in