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The keeping of pigs, on the North- side of the district, is of frequent occurrence;
numerous complaints are made of the nuisance, and several summonses have been
taken out, and a conviction in every case has been obtained.
Complaints are still made against several trades-nuisances ; particularly of the
smoke, and of the re-burning of animal charcoal by some of the sugar refiners; also, of
the roasting of malt, bone boiling, &c., and of the keeping of cows. All these
nuisances can be greatly mitigated if ordinary care be taken by the proprietors.
For the proper regulation of cow-houses, the following rules should be observed :
and I would suggest, that a copy of them be sent to each cow-keeper in the district,
with a direction to attach it to a conspicuous part of the premises.
REGULATIONS FOR COW-HOUSES.
1.—Every cow-house shall be paved with flag-paving or other non-absorbent
material, set and bedded in cement, with a proper inclination to the foot of the stalls,
so as to drain into a channel leading by a fall of not less than 1½ inches in 10 feet
to a trapped gulley.
2.—Every cow-house shall be provided with a proper trapped drain to convey
fluid matter alone into the sewers.
3.—Every cow-house shall be furnished with an adequate supply of water, and
be washed thoroughly at least once a day.
4.—All solid manure and refuse shall be carted away every morning.
5.—Every cow-house shall be lime-whited at least four times a year, and shall
be properly lighted and ventilated; and when the state of the neighbourhood requires
it, shall be provided with a tight roof and ventilating shaft, so as to convey the
noxious exhalations above the level of the adjacent houses.
6.—The grain-bins and receptacles for wash shall be kept properly cleansed
and under cover.
7.—No underground cellar, and no part of a dwelliug-house, shall be used as
cow-sheds.
These regulations, with an additional one, setting forth the number of cubic feet
of space which should be given to each cow, have been approved of by the London
Cow-keeper's Association, and have been adopted by some of the Metropolitan Boards
of Works. Should they meet with your approval, you will perhaps give orders to
have them printed and circulated among the cow-keepers in your district.
In the year 1850, the Committee of the Whitechapel Association "for promoting
habits tending to the cleanliness, health, and comfort of the industrious classes,"
published a code of regulations for the preservation of health, and a copy of it
was left at almost all the houses of the poor in the parish. As the issuing of this
paper was attended with very beneficial results, I shall be happy, if it meet with