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the provisions of their bye-laws made under the Public Health
London Act, 1891.
The bye-law of the London County Council referred to is as
follows:—
"Every person who shall remove or carry by road or water in or
through London any faecal or offensive or noxious matter or
liquid, whether such matter or liquid shall be in course of
removal or carriage from within or without or through
London, shall not remove or carry such matter or liquid in
or through London except between the hours of 4 o'clock
and 10 o'clock in the forenoon during the months of March,
April, May, June, July, August, September, and October, and
except between the hours of 6 o'clock in the forenoon and
12 o'clock at noon during the months of November, December,
January, and February. Such person shall use a suitable
carriage or vessel properly constructed and furnished with a
sufficient covering so as to prevent the escape of any such
matter or liquid therefrom, and so as to prevent any nuisance
arising therefrom.
"Provided that this bye-law shall not apply to carriage of horse
dung manure."
As far as this parish is concerned the Public Health Committee
decided that at present no alteration in the bye-law is required.
Houses Demolished during 1898.
During the year a considerable number of houses has been
voluntarily demolished in Westminster. The principal improvement
has been the pulling down of the block of houses on
the western side of Parliament-street. " An uninterrupted
view of Westminster Abbey can now be had from Whitehall,
and Parliament-square lying to the north of the Abbey, can
now be seen to the advantage it deserves."
The houses in King Street are now being demolished.
In Wards 1 and 3, St. John, the following houses have been
voluntarily demolished or closed, viz. :—
Population displaced.
Greycoat-place, Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 12 30
Mills'-buildings, Greycoat-place, 12 houses 70
Regency-street, eleven houses 90
Vincent-street, six houses 50
Hide-place, four houses 30
Moreton-street, two houses 14
Rochester-row, six houses 36
Bond-court, eight houses 56
Old Rochester-row, five houses 25