View report page

81
horse in the large stud at the Warwick Road stables. The quantity of
refuse made in thousands of stables in this large parish, which contains
upwards of 150 mewses, must be very great, and of an aggregate value
probably more than sufficient to pay for the cost of collection and removal
from London. It is a question whether your Vestry should not
undertake such collection and removal as the law allows, " with the
sanction of the owner," a sanction which would be cheerfully given in
many instances, and which, probably, it would not be difficult to obtain
in most cases, if it were understood that the " Regulations " for the
periodical removal of manure, viz., three times a week on alternate
days, would be enforced.
PUBLIC URINALS, &c.
No steps to increase " necessary accommodation" were taken during
1879. Your Vestry's powers are ample, but a tangible difficulty has
been experienced in giving effect to the provisions of the 88th section
of the Metropolis Management Act, which enables Vestries and
District Boards of Works to "provide and maintain urinals, water
closets, and like conveniences (for both sexes) in situations where they
deem such accommodation to be required, &c."
Your Vestry's Works, Sanitary, and General Purposes Committee,
to which the subject was referred, have indicated several situations
where it is admitted such accommodation is required ; but the opposition
raised by inhabitants in the neighbourhood of the selected sites
has always proved insuperable. A proposition was recently made by a
private individual to provide chalets for the convenience of the public
as a commercial speculation, but the Law and Parliamentary Committee
having advised that your Vestry have no authority for placing
obstructions in the public streets the subject fell through. I understand,
however, that in other parishes the scheme has been entertained
favourably; we can, therefore, but await with patience and hope, the
issue of an interesting experiment.
FOUNDATIONS AND SITES OF BUILDINGS.
Sanitary Authorities have had great cause of complaint on the
score of the defective foundations and unhealthy sites of buildings;
for not only have some unworthy builders been known to use improper
bricks (e.g. bricks saturated with filth from broken-up sewers)