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STABLE REFUSE.
I have frequently had occasion to draw attention to
nuisances arising from the wort-removal of stable refuse.
"Notice'' has been given "for the pericdical removal of
manure and other refuse matter," under the provisions of
Section 53 of the Sanitary Act, 1866, which prescribes a
penalty of twenty shillings a day for default; and yet one of
the most frequent causes of complaint by parishioners, and the
most common of recurring nuisances, arises from the neglect of
this obligation. Proceedings have been taken occasionally to
recover penalties, but not with much success, defendants having
usually been able to satisfy the Justices of their inability to
perform the duty required of them. The difficulty generally
originates with the coachman, who will not give the refuse
away, while the farmer will not pay for it. At certain seasons
there is, no doubt, a difficulty in getting the receptacles cleared,
farmers being too busy to collect the refuse, which has value
for manurial and other purposes. The quantity made in this
large Parish, with its 177 mews, is great, and of an aggregate
value, sufficient, probably, to pay for collection and removal.
I am of opinion that your Vestry should undertake the work of
collection and removal, as the law allows, '' with the sanction
of the owner." The necessary sanction would be obtainable,
probably, in the great majority of cases, were it understood
that the requirements of the law would be enforced. The
statutory "notice" requires manure to be removed "every
alternate day," but twice a week in summer, and once a week
in winter, would probably suffice for practical requirements,
were the manure stored in properly constructed receptacles
above ground,
TRADE REFUSE.
In my special report dated March 13, 1885, on Sanitary,
Nuisances Removal, and other cognate Acts,* made in
* Vide page 148.