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Order, in regard to the slaughter of diseased or suspected animals.
Compensation would of course follow. The Metropolitan importance
of the question will be understood when it is stated that over 80
per cent. of the reported cases of glanders and farcy in Great Britain
occur in London, and that glanders is on the increase; 2,126 cases
having been reported in London in the year ended 31st March,
1892, and 2,336 in the year ended 31st March, 1893, compared
with 1,716 cases in the year ended March 31st, 1891. Professor
Axe, of the Royal Veterinary College, is credited with the statement
that 3,000 deaths of horses in London are due to glanders
every year, the direct and indirect losses resulting being estimated by
him at £95,000 annually.
THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL.
The condition of the Regent's and Grand Junction Canals
has for a long time been a cause of concern to the sanitary
authorities of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, and Paddington,
and a conference of delegates of these bodies was held last
year with a view to devise remedies for the nuisances complained
of. A copy of the Report of the delegates was forwarded
to your Vestry by the London County Council, who,
with reference to the state of the canals in the parishes named,
and to the recommendations of the delegates, submitted with
a view to ensure the future sanitary condition of the canals,
desired to be informed as to the condition of the Grand Junction
Canal in this Parish, and the course adopted by your
Vestry with regard to any matters that might require a
remedy ? The recommendations of the delegates with which
we may be thought to be concerned, are the following:-
(3) "That the Vestries should request the London County Council
to make bye-laws pursuant to section 16 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, in relation to offensive cargoes and the transport
thereof.
(4) "That the Canal Companies should be required by the Vestries
to systematically scavenge the surface of the canals, and the banks
thereof, three times a week, on alternate days, throughout the
months of June, July, and August, and twice a week throughout
he other months of the year.