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OFFENSIVE BUSINESSES.
In my last Annual Report I stated that "the only
businesses coming under the statutory description 'offensive,'
other than that of a 'slaughterer of cattle,' carried on in this
parish, were those of 'tallow-melter' and 'fat-extractor.' "The
business of the tallow - melting establishment, known as
"Tucker's," has now, I am glad to state, been removed to the
other end of London; the fat-extracting business, however, is
still carried on at Tobin Street, Notting Dale, and gives rise to
more or less effluvium - nuisance, notwithstanding improved
arrangements and care on the part of the proprietor. But the
people living thereabouts are not of a particularly squeamish
nature, and do not often complain.
Marine Stores.— Every year, during the hot weather,
complaints are received in regard to stenches arising in the
collection, storage, and removal of bones, fat, and other animal
matters in a putrid condition on the premises of "marine store
dealers." Other businesses, such as those of fishmonger,
poulterer, etc., may be, and often are, the cause of nuisance in
connection with the production of
REFUSE MATTERS
of an objectionable nature, which, useful in their proper place,
are liable, when stored or dealt with in private habitations, to
become a source of injury to the health of the community. The
subject was reported on by me to your Vestry in 1878, under the
heading of Filth Removal.
In 18801 brought the subject before the Society of Medical
Officers of Health, who referred it to a Committee, of which I
was appointed the chairman. The report of the Committee
embraced consideration of the best modes of dealing with
animal and vegetable trade refuse, e.g., from slaughter houses,