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There is another footway from Hertford Road to Chiswick Road
requiring similar attention. If this were paved and drained the
Council's flushers could occasionally wash it down, and I feel sure
the inhabitants in the vicinity would greatly appreciate it.
COLLECTION OF FISH OFFAL.
The collection of this offal continues to be much appreciated by
the fish dealers and the advantage gained by minimising the
nuisance inseparable from such a business justifies the Council's
action in collecting the same, although the price charged for the use
of the Council's airtight receptacles and collecting does not cover
the cost.
This offal is still dealt with on the Council's Sewage Farm, being
treated with lime and buried. When the projected Destructor is in
use, a proper incinerating chamber attached to same will do away
with the burying process and expedite the work of cleansing the
pails.
There are no accounts outstanding for the year.
No of fish dealers on the Register 20
No. of pails collected 2584
Amount collected £42 19s. 10d.
GIPSIES.
I feel I cannot allow this report to pass without some comment
upon the considerable trouble again caused by these nomads. They
are continually being moved from pillar to post, but whatever is
done it has but little effect.
I cannot see why these persons are still allowed privileges from
which the cottager or artizan, who pays his rates and taxes and
sends his children to school, is debarred. Even their water supply
they steal, and if the residents in the vicinity of their camping
grounds refuse to give them water they are abused and molested.