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The St. Marylebone dump has been very well managed,
although on one occasion during the year a complaint had to be
made on account of the screened material, which was placed on
the top of the deposited refuse, being of a putrescent character
and giving off an offensive odour.
The dump just over the boundary at Yeading is in a much
better condition than formerly, and although the controlled tipping
is not on the best lines, because too deep and too long a surface is
exposed at a time and there is too little covering as the tipping
goes on, yet there is much less to complain of because there is
no burning. The burning of the rubbish was formerly the main
cause of complaint.
Smoke Abatement.—It is only occasionally that action is
called for in abating nuisances from smoke as there are comparatively
few factories in the Borough with steam raising plants. Seventeen
observations were made on chimneys during the year, and it was
necessary to make representations in five instances regarding the
emission of black smoke for a longer period than that allowed by
the Byelaw made under Section 2 of the Public Health (Smoke
Abatement) Act, 1926. In four cases the nuisance was caused
by improper stoking and advice given to the stoker was effectual
in causing an abatement; in the other case the stoker was not
using the smoke consuming apparatus attached to the boiler.
Premises and Occupations subject to Control by the
Local Authority.—-There are no common lodging houses in
the Borough and there are no Byelaws with respect to houseslet-in-lodgings.
There are only two offensive trades carried on in the Borough,
namely, fishfrying, which is conducted in 21 separate premises,
and that of tallow melting, which is carried on in premises in the
Greenford Ward. During the year 11 applications were received
for permission to establish the trade of fishfrying. In two instances
permission was granted, but in neither was the business commenced
prior to the end of the year.
All the fishfrying premises except one are equipped with
up-to-date frying ranges, most of them with fan extractors, so
that nuisance is reduced to a minimum.