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brought before the dweller in flats, in which gas stoves arc so largely used for
cooking purposes, the answer is that the rubbish is taken away every morning.
But there is an appalling accumulation of rubbish in the general receptacle
which sooner or later becomes offensive. The tenants of the flat are thus at
the mercy of the dust collector, and it is becoming an urgent matter that provision
should be made for removing daily from the dustbins of flats the
accumulated refuse of many dwellings.
§ 9.- NUISANCES, NOTICES, &c.
Regent's Canal Water.—Specimens of water, taken from various parts of the
Regent's Canal within the Borough, were sent for analysis to Sir Thomas
Stevenson. The general tenor of his reports upon these specimens of water
was that the water was sewege polluted, but that the contamination was not
such as to cause a nuisance.
Steam Whitles.—It may not be generally known that there is an Act, entitled
"The Steam Whistles Act, 1872," in which it is provided as follows:—
2.—"No person shall use or employ in any manufactory, or any other
place, any steam whistle or steam trumpet for the purpose of summoning
or dismissing workmen or persons employed without the
sanction of the Sanitary Authority ; and every person offending
against this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five
pounds, and to a further penalty not exceeding forty shillings for
every day during which such offence continues. Provided always,
that the Sanitary Authority, in case they have sanctioned the use
of any such instrument as aforesaid, may at any time revoke such
sanction on giving one month s notice to the person using the same.
Provided also, that it shall be lawful for the Local Government
Board, on representation made to them by any person that he is
prejudicially affected by such sanction, to revoke the same, and
such revocation shall have the same force and effect as if it had
been made by the Sanitary Authority.
3.—"Sanitary Authority" means the authority at the time being
empowered to execute the Nuisance Removal Acts, as defined and
extended by the Sanitary Act, 1886.
4.—"All offences and penalties under this Act may be prosecuted and
recovered in England in manner directed by the Summary Jurisdiction
Act, 1848, and any Acts amending the same, and in Ireland."