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To conclude, then, there can, I think, be no doubt that ' the
representations made to the Board ' that the existing provisions
in the Nuisances Removal Acts and in the Local Management
Acts, bearing upon the matter, do not enable the Local Sanitary
Authority to deal authoritatively and effectively with nuisance '
arising from the storage, the collection, and the removal of offensive
substances, are well founded, and that 'additional powers are
necessary.' The Board is satisfied that ' serious nuisance does
arise ' from the source in question, and I trust it will come to
the conclusion, at which your Vestry long since arrived, that
the matter can be dealt with effectively only by bye-laws,
entailing an adequate and fixed penalty for offences—bye-laws
made by the Board, under their existing powers, or under fresh
powers to be obtained from Parliament; bye-laws the carrying
out of which should be entrusted to the Local Sanitary
Authorities. Such bye-laws with respect to offensive substances
of animal origin should make provision with regard :—
(1) To storage vessels, which should be of metal,
impervious and covered.
(2) To removal in iron tank vans (but it would be
better to provide for the removal of the storage
vessels themselves).
(3) To time of daily removal (in the evening); and
(4) To measures for disposal of the refuse.
" It, is open to consideration whether the duty of removing
all offensive substances should not be devolved upon the Sanitary
Authority, at the reasonable cost of the producers thereof."
I may here mention that in a Special Report on " Filth Removal,"
dated July 24, 1878—a Report originating in complaints
with regard to the conveyance of offensive matters
through streets in the day time—I dealt with this question, and