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The subject is important, and can be dealt with effectually under
bye-laws, such as will be framed by the Council under the provisions
of the pending measure.
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 an easy distance of, the Parish,
and other districts being able to supply the brickmakers' wants.
The land at Purfleet, on the river Thames, acquired by your
Vestry, and in connection with which a landing pier has been
provided, will, it is hoped, ultimately furnish a profitable outlet
for the greater part of the refuse of the parish, and so put an end
to our difficulties.
TRADE REFUSE.
In a Special Report, dated March 13th, 1885, on Sanitary,
Nuisances Removal, and other cognate Acts, made in connection
with an enquiry referred to the Law and Parliamentary Committee
(April 9th, 1884), I stated that your Vestry "have power,
and indeed are required, when called upon, to remove the refuse
of any trade, &c., upon the application, and at the cost of, the
owner or occupier of any house, &c.;" 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." This subject was fully dealt with in the said Report,
and also in my Annual Report for 1887 (pages 176-189), of
which copies were forwarded to every member of the London
County Council in 1889. Beyond question the Sanitary Authority
should undertake the removal, at the cost of owner, of all 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