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Government Inspectors under the operation of the Factory and "Workshop
Act, 1878. Nevertheless, as a part of their ordinary work, the
Sanitary Inspectors have regularly visited the bakehouses, and there
can he no doubt that a continuation of these periodical inspections is
desirable in the interests of public health.
The bakehouses are about 125 in number, 71 north and 54 south
of Uxbridge Road.
DUST REMOVAL.
The collection of ashes and other refuse from our 20,000 houses and
other rated dwellings has been carried out on the whole very satisfactorily
during the past year, the complaints having been few in number as compared
with the old "contract" times.* The one thing needful for complete
success is a systematic call at every house on a given day in each week.
But it should be understood that if, through the default of domestics or
other cause for which your Vestry's servants cannot be held responsible,
the receptacle is not emptied on the proper day, no further attention can
be given until the same day in the following week. There is good
reason to believe that the annoyance to which householders are exposed
from the supposed neglect of the dustman not seldom arises from
the refusal of servants to allow the dust to be taken away at an "inconvenient"
time. Also, that complaint of nuisance in connection with
dust-bins is generally due to the improper use of these receptacles for
the storage of vegetable refuse (which should be first dried at the back
of the kitchen fire and then burned), and even of animal matter—bones,
meat, pot-liquor, &c. It may be deemed a fair question whether those
who thus mis-use the dust-bin, and then complain of your Vestry's
"neglect," should not be held responsible for the creation of a
recurring nuisance?
REMOVAL (OR NON-REMOVAL) OF STABLE MANURE.
In former annual reports I have referred to the nuisances arising
from the neglect of the owners of horses to remove with sufficient frequency
and regularity the contents of dung pits, in conformity with
the regulations of your Vestry, which require the pits to be emptied
three times a week, viz., on alternate days; though as a matter of fact
the refuse is removed far less frequently and at irregular intervals. I
* Vide Table VIa. (Appeudix.)