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These cow-houses have been frequently inspected during
the year, and have been found in good condition. No complaints
have been received as to nuisances on these several premises
No opposition was raised by the Sanitary Authority to the
renewal of the Licences which were granted by the London
County Council on the 21st October, 1907, with the one
condition set out above, for one year ending 31st October, 1908.
REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
This work is carried out by contract. In the district south
of Marylebone Road the house refuse was removed by Mr.
Thomas Hobbs for the first quarter of the year, Messrs. William
Mead & Co., Ltd., securing the contract for three years,
commencing 1st April, 1907.
In the North District, north of Marylebone Road, the
contractors are Messrs. E. H. Jackson & Co., Ltd., who hold the
contract for three years, commencing 1st April, 1906.
All complaints with reference to non-removal, letters
respecting removal and refusals by householders to have the
house refuse removed, have been at once investigated by the
Dust Inspector and fully considered by the Dust Sub-Committee
at their fortnightly meetings.
In one case during the year the Committee considered that
the terms of the Contract had been so violated as to render it
necessary to put the penal clauses into operation, and Messrs.
E. H. Jackson & Co., Ltd., were fined £50.
The Dust Inspector made 2,466 enquiries in respect of the
removal of house refuse, and in addition thereto 395 enquiries
were made by the District Inspectors. Letters and intimations
were issued in 210 cases to abate nuisances, but in one case only
was it found necessary to have recourse to legal proceedings in
connection with removal. In many instances old brick receptacles
have been abolished and the more sanitary properly
covered moveable metal receptacles substituted.
The following tabular statement gives the number of complaints,
letters and refusals in respect of the removal of house
refuse received, and the fines levied and recovered for contravention
of the terms of the contracts during the last four years :—