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any other which was rejected in consequence of the slaughterhouse
being situated under ground, was there any complaint
of want of cleanliness or care.
We have each of us, during this quarter, presented a
Report to the Local Authority, respecting the mischiefs
arising from some of the rag and bottle, or marine storedealers.
Our independent testimony is corroborated by
that of Mr. Grant, the Inspector. We shew that there
are about forty premises, in various parts of the parish,
in which bones, fat, rags, and other offensive refuse is
collected. These materials are often accumulated within
inhabited rooms, or in the basement of densely-peopled
houses. Moreover, there is as little precaution or method
used in the removal, as there is in the collection and stowage
of these things. Putrid fat and bones are carted away
openly in the dog-days, and taint the air to considerable
distances. Lastly, these shops (even with the most honest
intentions on the part of the occupiers) unavoidably offer
temptations to fraud, by the facilities which they give for
disposing of stolen goods. High prices are obtrusively
offered for almost anything which can be pilfered from
private houses. This is a matter of which we are forced to
take notice, inasmuch as it is a direct obstacle to the proper
water-supply of poor houses, under present circumstances.
There are many cases in which we cannot compel a landlord
to replace pipes and taps, which are stolen again and again.
We drew up, with the sanction of the Committee of Works,
a set of recommendations to the persons engaged in this
trade, as to the most safe and cleanly manner of keeping and
of removing refuse matters, which, with an extract from the
Nuisances' Removal Act, was circulated by the Inspector.
We would call attention to the circumstance, that whilst an