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The County Council, I may add, have shown a marked desire
to deal with the nuisance, and in October last, the Sanitary Committee
presented a Report on the subject, as follows
"Our attention has been directed from time to time,
to the serious nuisances arising from brick-burning, ballastburning,
and kindred trades. These nuisances mainly
arise from the evolution of large volumes of offensive
effluvia and smoke, in the burning of bricks in clamps, and
in the burning of ballast; and also from the burning of the
refuse matter, or soft core, which is not suitable for use.
On account of the peculiarly offensive nature of the
vapours, and the distance to which they are at times
carried, the nuisance extends over considerable areas,
which are often thickly populated districts. We are
satisfied that the discomfort experienced in London from
these sources, is more considerable and widespread than
perhaps from any other source. The 16th section of the
Local Government Act enables the Council to exercise the
power, given by the 23rd section of the Municipal Corporations
Act, 1882, of making bye-laws for the good rule and
government of the County, and for the prevention and
suppression of nuisances not already punishable in a summary
manner; and we consider it most desirable that byelaws,
dealing with the nuisances referred to, should be
made by the Council, under this section, without delay.
We have prepared, and now submit, the following bye-laws
for this purpose:—
"Bye-Laws for the prevention of nuisance in brick-burning,
ballast-burning, brick-making, tile-making, pipe-making, and the
burning of soft core, made in pursuance of section 16 of the Local
Government Act, 1888, and section 23 of the Municipal Corporations
Act, 1882:—
"1.—Every person who carries on within the County of
London, any of the following processes; that is to say, brickburning,
or ballast-burning, or brick-making, or tile-making, or
pipe-making, or the burning of soft core, or any other like pro-