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Refuse Dumps.—The St. Marylebone dump situated in the
Northolt Ward continues to be managed in a satisfactory manner
the refuse being covered with a suitable covering material shortly
after dumping and the extent of the dumping being restricted.
The dump just outside the Borough boundary at Yeading
to which refuse from Paddington and other districts is brought,
is conducted in a modified form of controlled tipping. No nuisance
from smell was observed and there no trouble from fire.
Smoke Abatement.—The increase in the number of factories,
particularly in the Greenford North Ward, has called for increased
activity in dealing with possible nuisances from smoke. Fortyeight
observations were made of chimneys during the year but
in four instances only was it necessary to make representations
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 one instance the nuisance was
caused by the use of inferior coal, in two by bad stoking, and in
the fourth by a defect in the smoke consuming apparatus.
Appropriate advice was given in each case and further observations
of the chimneys gave satisfactory results.
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 houses let-inlodgings.
There is now only one offensive trade carried on in the Borough,
namely, fishfrying, which is carried on in 27 separate premises.
During the year thirteen applications were received for permission
to establish the trade of fishfrying. Permission was granted in
five cases, but in only two had the business been established
before the end of the year. In two instances the trade was not
established and the permission was eventually withdrawn.
The tallow melting factory in the Greenford North Ward
was discontinued during the year and the premises were taken over
for other manufacturing purposes of a non-offensive character.