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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
That in view of the impossibility of predicting the points of
the sewers other than those referred to above at which a nuisance
from smell is likely to occur, no definite rule can be laid down
for erecting shafts on the sewage system, therefore the plan of
closing road gratings that may be reasonably complained of and
the erection of shafts in their place is at present the best method.
(Signed) JOHN GAY,
Chairman.
BY-LAWS.
A letter was received from the London County Council
relative to the desirability of amending the By-laws under Sections
16 and 39 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and asking
for a statement of any points on which this Council required
amendment. This letter was considered by the Public Health
Committee and the following suggestions were forwarded to the
London County Council.
BY-LAW UNDER SECTION 16 (2).
By-law 1. That the time prescribed for the removal of fdecai
or offensive matter in or through London be
from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. all the year round, and
that the County Councils whose districts adjoin
London be asked to amend their times
accordingly.
The hours prescribed by the existing by-law No. 1 are
from 4 to 10 a.m. in March, April, May, June, July, August,
September, and October, and from 6 a.m. to 12 noon in
November, December, January, and February.
BY-LAWS UNDER SECTION 39 (1).
By-law i. That this by-law should (as already suggested by
the Council) be amended so as to prohibit Jhe
reduction of the open space about water-closets
to less than the minimum area prescribed, and
that the open space referred to in the by-law
shall belong exclusively to the premises in which
it is proposed to construct a water-closet