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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 tho manure stored in properly constructed
receptacles above ground.
TRADE REFUSE,
In a special report dated March 13, 1885, on Sanitary,
Nuisances Removal, and other cognate Acts, made in connection
with an enquiry referred to the Law and Parliamentary
Committee (April 9, 1884), I stated that your Vestry " have
power, and indeed are required, when called upon, to remove
the refuse of any trade, etc., upon the application and at the
cost of the owner or occupier of any house, etc.," and I added
that "the section (of the Act referred to) would apply in the
case of trades which lead to the production of ' refuse' of an
offensive character."*
It is eminently desirable that the Sanitary Authority should
undertake the removal of such " refuse " matters, of animal and
vegetable origin, as may become, if kept too long on the
premises, injurious to health; and in the interests of public
health, moreover, the producer of trade refuse of an offensive
sort should be compelled to employ the services of the Sanitary
Authority for its removal. But, at present, it is exactly the
offensive refuse that the Sanitary Authority are not called upon
* This subject, cursorily referred to at page 136, was fully dealt with in my
Annual Beport for 1887 (pp. 176-189), and in the Report on Sanitary Nuisances
Removal and other cognate Acts above-mentioned. Copies of these documents
have been forwarded to every member of the London County Council. The
subject is well deserving of immediate attention.