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THE STRAND DISTRICT, LONDON. 27
Dust and dung removal:—
Sanitary bins provided* 30
Offensive refuse removed from premises 44
Water supply :—
Cisterns repaired and cleansed 64
Re-instatement of water after being cut off by
Water Company 6
Certificates granted under " Public Health
(London) Act," Section 48 2
Under-ground rooms:—
Use prevented as separate dwellings 15
The stables and mews, 42 in number, have been regularly
inspected, more particularly in regard to the periodical removal of
manure.
During recent years peat has to a large extent superseded the
use of straw as litter in stables. If peat which has become
saturated with urine, &c., is stored for a day or two, certain
chemical changes take place which renders the process of removal
extremely offensive to those in the neighbourhood. The County
Council suggested that restrictions should be placed as to the
hours during which it may be removed. Your Board were of
opinion that what was required to prevent nuisance was rather
some method of collecting the refuse and removing it without
disturbance. This can be effected readily by the refuse being
placed at once on its removal from the stalls in suitably constructed
waggons, which when full are taken away and empty ones substituted.
In cases where stables are on the upper floors, a shoot
can be provided.
There are no cowsheds or slaughter-houses in this district.
Smolce Consumption.—Smoke nuisances coming under Subsection
A, of Section 24 of the " Public Health Act," have been
dealt with by your Surveyor; those under Sub-section B, have
♦Under the Board's system of dust collection, fixed bins are gradually being
disused and abolished.