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of refuse-harbourage shall have given place to the only rational
system of daily, or, at any rate, frequent collection from move- .
able receptacles, to be provided either by the Sanitary Authority
or by the householder,
The cost of collection has considerably increased of late
years, owing mainly, as we are informed by the Wharves and
Plant Committee, " to the attention bestowed upon applications
for the removal of dust on days other than the regular visiting
days of the dustmenand " with the view of saving the large
expense incurred by these irregular visits, and the disturbance
entailed on the orderly and methodical procedure of the work "
the Committee recommended in October last, " that dustbins
be cleared only upon the regular appointed days," a proposal to
which your Yestry gave assent.
The Committee further recommended
" That it is advisable that statutory powers should be conferred, enabling
Vestries to enforce the abolition of dust-bins, in such districts as may
be deemed expedient, and the substitution in lieu thereof of approved
movable receptacles, in order that a more frequent and accelerated
collection of dust may be made." The Committee, moreover, expressed
an opinion that " the Legislature should also define clearly
the relative duties of the Local Authority and the householder in the
execution of this work. At the present time under the statutes, the
Local Authority is bound to remove the refuse, and this removal often
entails arduous and dangerous efforts on the part of the dustmen."
The Committee consider " that householders should aid in the removal
of their household refuse, by providing moveable receptacles, as aforesaid,
and placing same in an easily accessible position, such as the
forecourt or area of the house." Lastly, the Committee advised that
" the Metropolitan Board of Works, or Local Government Board, be
memorialized to include in any suitable Bill hereafter promoted by
them in Parliament, clauses conferring powers on local authorities, as
suggested above."
Consequent upon your Vestry's adoption of the views of
the Committee, a copy of their report was forwarded in
November to the Metropolitan Board of Works, with the
request that the Board should "take the matter into their