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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
(4.) James Ford, Bendon Valley, Wandsworth Fat Melter.
(5.) Dallett & Company, High Street, Putney Soap Boilers.
Do. do. Tallow Melters.
No complaints were received with respect to Nos. 2, 4 and 5.
With regard to No. 1, the Sanitary Inspector reported that on the
25th May the smell from these works was very strong in Garratt Lane,
and that on inspecting the premises he found that the rear furnace
which is used for the destruction of the offensive effluvia was under
reconstruction, and that the moveable air duct at boiler, which is the
only other means of destroying the effluvia, was not in its proper
position. Notice was served under the by-laws and this was at once
complied with.
With regard to No. 3, no nuisance from these works was reported
by the Inspector until the 20th July. On this occasion the smell was
very strong in Trewint and Summerley Streets, and the Inspector found
that one of the boilers in the glue shed was nearly half full of bones in
an offensive condition, and that effluvia from these were escaping and
that no means were adopted for the destruction of such effluvia.
The smell was also bad on the 21st, 22nd and 24th July.
Proceedings were taken against the firm, and after hearing
evidence the magistrate imposed a fine of 80s. and ordered them to pay
40s. costs.
The other prosecution was for offences committed in August, 1904,
and this was heard finally in January, 1905, when a fine of 80s. was
imposed and an order made for payment of 23s. costs.
Complaint was again made by the Inspector on the 31st August,
and his report was to the effect that owing to negligence on the part of
the workmen the door of the boiling-room was left open and that in
consequence the effluvia escaped, causing smell in Summerley Street.
Notice was served and complied with forthwith. No complaint
was made after this date as the premises were kept under constant
observation.
In all 125 inspections were made of the five offensive business
premises in the Borough, five notices were served, and proceedings
taken on two separate occasions.