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59
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
During the year the business of a tripe-dresser has been established
in the district, by the Council's permission.
PUBLIC CONVENIENCES.
The underground public convenience for both sexes, mentioned
in last year's report as approaching completion, has now been
open for some months. It supplies a long-needed want, and its
usefulness has been so amply demonstrated that the provision of
another at a spot where the High Road, Leytonstone, abuts on
Wanstead Flats, is under the consideration of the Council.
SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
The proposed arrangement with the London County Council
for taking Leyton's sewage, together with the four other towns in
the Lea Valley, has not yet materialised, for financial reasons.
Negotiations, however, are still in progress.
The sewer, 5 feet in diameter, extending from the end of
Sidmouth Road to the Sewage Works, referred to in last report,
has been completed during the year.
The sewer in Fillebrooke Road, having been found to be in a
defective condition, has been relaid at a cost of £185 Is. 3d.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACT.
The Customs and Inland Revenue Act of 1890, Sec. 26 (2),
provides that landlords of houses, let in tenements at rents not