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"districts as may be deemed expedient,and the substitution, in lieu
thereof, of approved moveable receptacles; asking the Board to
take such steps in the matter as may appear desirable, and transmitting
copy of a report by the Wharves and Plant Committee of
the Vestry on the subject. Your Committee have given careful
attention to this matter, and have now to report that in their
opinion it is not desirable to promote the suggested legislation.
Your Committee recommend the Board to adopt that view, and to
inform the Vestry of Kensington accordingly."
Amendments proposing (1) that, the report be referred
back for further consideration; (2) that your Vestry be furnished
with a copy of the replies received from the Vestries, etc., on
the subject; and (3) that a copy of the report be sent to all of
the Vestries, etc., were successively moved and rejected. The
report of the Committee was approved, the mover of it remarking
that the local boards had already sufficient power to deal with
the matter themselves—a statement which would seem to be
borne out by the statement of another member, that the Poplar
District Board had in use many thousand pails, and that the
system, which is now partially carried out in other districts also,
appeared to work well. Nothing can well be more objectionable
than the system of dust-harbourage in the statutory brick and
wood receptacles, and it would be satisfactory were Parliament to
confer upon the sanitary authorities the powers your Vestry
desire to obtain. Meanwhile, I am not aware of any reason why
the excellent suggestions of the Wharves and Plant Committee,
upon which your Vestry's application to the Board was based,
should not be carried out, 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
is deserving of the serious attention of the London County
Council in connection with the proposed sanitary bye-laws.
A constantly increasing difficulty is experienced in finding
convenient, i.e., accessible "shoots" for bouse refuse, to the
deposit of which within their boundaries, the sanitary authorities