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call of the collecting vehicle. These matters are stored in open
wooden tubs, which arc emptied direct into the vehicle, or into
receptacles, all of which are usually offensive, empty or full.
Bones go to the bone boilers, fat to the fat melters and soap
boilers, and naturally the collectors do not call without hope of
receiving an adequate quantity, making it worth their while.
Bones are conveyed out of the parish, and a good deal of fat
probably, but within the boundaries there are two melting
establishments, which demonstrate the difficulty— even under
good bye-laws fairly carried out—of preventing nuisance in the
conduct of a naturally ' offensive ' business.
"Other Offensive Substances."—Greengrocers' Refuse
is not seldom the cause of complaint, arising largely out of the
difficulty of getting it removed—such refuse, moreover, being
naturally most abundant in summer, when it more speedily
decomposes. It is often put into dung-pits, where, under the
influence of heat, it ferments, and soon becomes offensive,
adding considerably to the nuisance arising in the removal of
stable manure.
" Cowshed Refuse.—The dung from cowsheds, to which
sometimes sour grains are added, is a cause of complaint, being
removed in filthy vehicles, which are often leaky, and allow of
dropping in the streets. Under the operation of the Board's
Regulations for Cowsheds, the refuse is removed with greater
frequency than formerly, but cow-dung in its passage through
the streets is almost always objectionable.
" Stable Manure is frequently allowed to remain too long in
the receptacles, and when these are underground covered pits
the nuisance in removal—at the time of collection, and in the
progress of the vehicles through the streets—is very great, and
is a frequent cause of complaint. The nuisance varies widely
in different localities, according to the use made of straw as
litter. In gentlemen's stables, the straw is changed frequently,
and when the used litter is stored in iron cages on a paved and