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REFUSE REMOVAL.
At the end of the year it was proposed to transfer the control of the collection
of house refuse from the north and south divisions of the Borough to the Special
Dusting and Refuse Destructor Committee, and the Health Committee acquiesced
in the transfer at the expiration of the contracts in March, 1899.
REMOVAL OF MANURE.
A communication was received from the London County Council stating that,
in investigating complaints of nuisance alleged to arise from stable manure at
various premises in London, the attention of the Council has been directed to the
use of peat litter which appears to be increasingly creating nuisance, and asking
to be informed whether the Vestry find that nuisance from peat litter is so great
as to render it desirable that the Council should include such litter within the
provisions of its Bye-laws under Section 16 of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, prescribing the hours of removal of offensive matter throughout London, and
the construction of the carriage conveying such matter.
Also a communication from the Secretaries to the London Horse Owners
Committee, pointing out the advantages of peat moss over straw as litter, and that
if peat moss manure is placed within the range of Section 16, and the manure has
to be removed from stables between the hours of 4 and 10 in the early morning,
it will have the effect of seriously damaging the business of all horse owners in
London, for reasons stated by them.
Also a report from the Medical Officer of Health, from which it appears the
nuisance from stable manure, dung and litter, occurs in these stables, where not
only peat litter is used, but also wood shavings, sawdust, &c., and, therefore, any
suggested bye-law should apply to dung aud litter other than straw. That the
nuisance is mainly caused when the dung and litter are disturbed and turned over
for the purpose of transference from the fixed receptacle for dung to the movable
receptacle or carriage used for removing the dung and litter away from the stable
premises. The main object should be to avoid this disturbance during the transference
from one receptacle to the other of fermenting duag and litter, and all
receptacles for dung mixed with stable litter other than straw should be so constructed
and used that the whole of the contents, in and together with the
receptacle, could be removed witheut disturbance.
The London County Council has been informed that your Vestry is in favour
of the Council including peat litter within the provisions of its Bye-laws under
Section 16 of the Public Health (Landon) Act, 1891, prescribing the hours of
removal of offensive matter throughout London, and the construction of the
carriage conveying such matter.
NUISANCES.
Smoke Nuisances.—During the year, 83 complaints of smoke nuisances were
received, 132 observations were made, 13 notices to abate were served, in 9 cases
they were complied with, 4 cases remaining under observation, and there were no
prosecutions.