View report page

148
by giving the pail-system an extensive trial in selected districts;
seeing that, if successful, it would abolish a serious nuisance by
securing a frequent and accelerated collection of the offensive
refuse. The subject is important, and it may be expected to
receive attention from the London County Council.
A constantly increasing difficulty is experienced in finding
convenient, i.e., accessible, "shoots" for house refuse, to the
deposit of which within their boundaries the Sanitary Authorities
of contiguous districts naturally object. The refuse,
moreover, has little value now that building operations are
being prosecuted upon so limited a scale in, or within easy
distance of, the Parish, and other districts being able to supply
the brickmakers' wants. Your Yestry obtained, in July, a site
at Purfleet, on the river, which it was hoped would lead to a
solution of all our difficulties. From causes into which it is
not my province to enter, no use has hitherto been made of this
property.
STABLE REFUSE.
"Notice" has been given ''for the periodical 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. 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 difficulty in
getting the receptacles cleared, the 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