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Flush closets and drains well, and keep them clean.
Burn animal and vegetable refuse—do not put it in the
dust-bin.
Avoid eating unripe or over-ripe fruit.
In this connection I may mention that a very large
number of bell-traps have been removed from the yards and
basements of houses, and stoneware siphon-gullies fixed in
their stead.
A complaint having been brought before the notice of
the Committee of the nuisance occasioned by the manner
of collecting and removing organic refuse matters from the
larger houses in the Parish, I drew up, by direction of the
Committee of Works, the following circular, which was,
by their orders, sent to a large number of houses in the
Parish:—
Hog-wash.
The present method of storing and collecting the organic
refuse matters from the kitchens and sculleries of the larger
houses in this Parish, and generally throughout London, by
means of uncovered wooden tubs and open carts is very
objectionable; especially as these refuse matters are allowed
to accumulate for several days before being removed, and so
—especially in hot weather—become extremely offensive.
These matters should be collected in covered galvanised
iron pails with handles. The contents of the pails should be
removed daily, between the hours of 6 and 8 o'clock in the
morning; the pail being carried from the house to the
conveyance outside with its lid on, and emptied into the
receptacle in the conveyance, which should also be covered.
But a better plan still would be, if it be found practicable,
for each house to have two pails; the one to be taken away
full, and the clean one to be left in its place, as then the
pails would not require to be emptied either in the house or
in the street.