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with a result that improved arrangements have now been arrived at as
regards the removal of refuse by the Corporation vans, and notice has
been given to the contractor to remove all fat, bones, &c., daily before
9 a.m., or after 6 p.m.
The Bye-laws governing the Market provide for the deposit by the
Tenants of all offal, &c., and rubbish of any kind, from the shops in a
basket or box for daily removal; and, while a strict observance of this
provision is essential, the Billingsgate and Leadenhall Markets Committee
now deem it necessary as a sanitary precaution that properly covered
metal drums or receptacles should be used for the purpose.
I am accordingly to request that all Tenants will give effect to the
suggestion of the Medical Officer, and the desire of the Committee, by
providing and using such closed receptacles for the deposit of offal and
rubbish for daily collection.
Yours obediently,
JOHN B. MONCKTON.
To all Tenants in Leadenhall Market.
SUMMER FLUSHING OF COURTS, &c.
The flushing of the more thickly-populated and poorer parts of the City
during the hot months was carried on as usual, followed by the use of
deodorants in the channels running through the courts and alleys, &c.
In this service, but including the streets, your Engineer informs me
that 39,708,690 gallons of water were used. Many thousand gallons of
disinfectants were also employed.
Forty-seven places were so treated in the East District; thirty-six in the
Middle District; and eighty-four in the West District. Total 167.
The entrances to forty-one courts were cleansed and lime-washed, viz.:
twelve in the East District; four in the Middle District; and twenty-five
in the West District. A list of places dealt with is subjoined.
In Lower Thames Street, and especially in the neighbourhood of
Billingsgate Market and the Custom House, road flushing was freely
employed and deodorants subsequently used at least twice in twenty-four
hours, it being always difficult to keep the place free from nuisance
caused by the leakages from the fish carts, which rapidly decompose and
cause great annoyance to the public unless promptly dealt with.