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saved during the first half of the year, and the Brighton Company
reported a saving of about £45,000 during the year. During
the last two or three months there has been some slight improvement
in the South-Eastern, but none with regard to the Brighton
Company, and most of the complaints received by the Council recently
are of nuisance from the Brighton Company's locomotives.
The maximum penalty is at present only £5, but if a system of
cumulative penalties were provided it would probably be the means of
securing an abatement of the nuisance.
It may be added that, in respect of smoke nuisance from locomotives,
New York is in a much more satisfactory position than London, as
locomotives running into that city are not allowed to use bituminous
coal under any circumstances.
Smoke from Locomotives on Highways.—Section 30 of the Highways
and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878, requires that any locomotive
used on any turnpike road or highway shall be constructed on the
principle of consuming its own smoke, and provides that any person
using any locomotive not so constructed, or not consuming as far as
practicable its own smoke, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5 for
every day during which such locomotive is used on any such turnpike
road or highway. This Act is enforced by the London County Council.
Mortuaries.
The number of bodies removed to the public mortuaries in the City,
during 1903, was 393; 368 were taken to Horseferry Boad, where the
Coroner's Court is situated, 15 (one of these being a person who died of
an infectious disease) to Denzell Street, 9 to Dufour's Place, and 1
to Drury Lane. There were 326 inquests held, all being at Horseferry
Boad.