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SPECIAL REPORT ON "REMOVAL OF
OFFENSIVE MATTERS."
(Presented to, and adopted by, the Vestry on March 29th, 1900).
In accordance with Section 114 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, which directs that in making Bye-laws which will
have to be observed and enforced by any Sanitary Authority, the
London County Council shall consider any representation made
to them by that authority, I beg to draw attention to the following
report made by the Public Health Committee of the London
County Council to and adopted by the Council, on the subject of
the Bye-laws for the removal of offensive matter, together with a
copy of the proposed amended Bye-law.
Extract from the Report of the Public Health Committee.
We have from time to time received complaints that the hours
prescribed by the Council's Bye-law No. 1, under Section 16 of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, are unduly limited, and
that as a consequence difficulties have been experienced in obtaining
the collection of fish offal and of fat and bones from butchers'
shops and their removal to premises outside the County of London.
It has also, been pointed out to us that barges containing
fish offal have had to remain in the Limehouse Cut for considerable
periods, owing to the tides not serving during the hours prescribed
by the Bye-law, and that nuisance has resulted.
We think that a case has been made out for some alteration
of the Bye-law, and we have been in communication with the Local
Government Board on the subject. The Board do not see their
way to allow removal either during the night or during the hours
of the day when the streets are crowded (especially during the heat
of summer), but they have intimated their willingness to agree to
the following hours for removal by road: —
5 to 10 a.m., March to October, inclusive.
6 to 11 a.m., November to February, inclusive; and
Two hours before sunset to one hour after sunset all the
year round.