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the best part of it (the clean litter from South Kensington
stables), moreover, being available for the manufacture of paper
at the works adjoining your Vestry's property.
An opportunity for legislation it was hoped would have been
afforded this year. In the proposed Public Health London (Consolidation)
Bill, which was to have been introduced by the
President of the Local Government Board, the section (53) of the
Sanitary Act, 1866, above cited, was to be re-enacted: it
might be extended so as to enable or require the sanitary
authority to collect and remove manure and other refuse matter
from stables and other premises, at the reasonable cost of the
producers thereof. But in any case I am of opinion that this
duty should devolve upon the authority in the interests of public
health. Meanwhile, and whether such legislation should be
found practicable or otherwise, I entertain no doubt of the propriety
of immediate measures being taken for the abolition of
sunken dung pits.
DISINFECTION.
During the year ending March 25th, 1890, a large number
of infected articles, clothing, bedding, &c., were satisfactorily
disinfected by the contractor at the cost of your Vestry, the
owners being too poor to bear the expense. The weight of the
articles was 20 tons 16½ cwts., their number 10,519, and the cost
of the process £384 19s. 6d. Three hundred and seventy-five
rooms in 353 houses were disinfected with sulphurous acid by
your Vestry's officer, no charge being made in the majority of
instances. Many rooms were disinfected by the contractor, as
well as numerous parcels of clothing, bedding, etc., at the cost
of the owners.
NECESSARY ACCOMMODATION.
There are only fifteen public urinals in the Parish—a
very inadequate number—and no public water-closets, except
those at the rear of the Vestry Hall. Section 88, Metropolis