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Health in 1880, the result being that a special Committee was
appointed to consider the subject, and who ultimately presented
a report, which was re-produced in my Annual Report for 1880
(page 114).
The conclusions at which the Committee arrived may be
summed up as follows:—
1. Trade Refuse.—The Nuisance Authority should have power to collect,
remove, and dispose of the trade refuse of butchers, fishmongers,
poulterers, greengrocers, etc., at the reasonable cost of the producers.
The collection of such refuse should be made in the early morning,
and the removal effected in specially constructed vehicles : if practicable,
the refuse should be utilized; otherwiseit should be destroyed by fire.
2. House Refuse.—In view of the increasing distance to brickfields, house
refuse will have to be dealt with by tire in specially constructed
apparatus of the "Destructor" type, by which its bulk may be
reduced some 75 per cent., the resulting product moreover, being at
at once innocuous, and useful for roadmaking and other purposes: the
refuse should be collected daily, and " dust bins " abolished.
3. Stable and Cowshed Refuse.—The Nuisance Authority should have power
to collect the refuse at the reasonable cost of the owner: cowshed
refuse daily, in vehicles designed to prevent slopping and effluvium
nuisance; stable refuse periodically: the refuse, meanwhile, to be
stored in suitable receptacles—paved, drained, and enclosed within
iron racks, above ground.
4. Conclusion.—Legislation is necessary to give effect to the above
mendations, and to compel railway and canal companies to carry refuse
from towns at a reasonable, while remunerative, rate.
PUBLIC URINALS.
There are only ten public urinals in this great Parish, a very
inadequate number, and no public water closets save at the
rear of the Vestry Hall. Your Vestry's powers to provide
such "necessary accommodation" are ample, but difficulty has
been experienced in giving effect to the provisions of the 88th
section of the Metropolis Management Act, which enables the
Nuisance Authority to "provide and maintain urinals, water
closets, and like conveniences (for both sexes) in situations
where they deem such accommodation to be required," &c.