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nuisance' shall be a nuisance liable to be dealt with summarily under
the Act, should be amended by the deletion of the word ' black.'
"(b) That the word 'chimney' in Section 24 (b) of the Act should
be deemed to iuclude—
"(i.) Openings through which smoke is emitted from buildings
or places in which processes of trade or manufacture are carried on
and the chimneys of any building or place where furnaces are used
in operations carried on under statutory powers.
"(ii.) The chimneys of Government workshops and factories.
"(c) That, in special eases of nuisance arising under Sections 23 and
24 of the Act, the proceedings in respect of any nuisance may, at the
request of and by agreement with the sanitary authority, be taken by
the London County Council in such special cases."
The following proposal was amended but finally rejected by a small
majority of the borough delegates:—
"That the power of the Council to take proceedings in respect of
nuisance created by sanitary authorities under Section 22 of the Act
should be extended to apply to smoke nuisance from electricity or other
industrial works, or from premises used for the treatment or disposal of
refuse, or for disinfecting purposes, or from baths or washhouses or other
buildings or wharves owned by sanitary authorities in which furnaces
are used; and that, as regards such proceedings, the Council should be
relieved of the restriction imposed by Section 117 of the Act, that a
proceeding under the Act should not be taken by the London County
Council against a sanitary authority, save with the sanction of the Local
Government Board, unless such proceeding is for the recovery of
expenses or of money due from the sanitary authority to the Council"
I dealt with this subject in the Annual Report for 1908.