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accumulations of offensive matter, some premises whereon
noxious trades were carried on, and mauy other places, as well
as the cow-sheds and slaughter-houses.
During the year the Bye Laws for the regulation of the
business of a Blood boiler, Bone boiler, Manure manufacturer,
Soap boiler, Tallow melter, and Tripe boiler, prepared by the
Metropolitan Board of Works, have been confirmed by the
Secretary of State. Under these bye laws every precaution
necessary for reducing the offensive character of the businesses
to a minimum must be adopted. All vapours and gases must be
conveyed into a furnace fire, so as to burn them before escaping
into the open air; proper places have to be erected for the storage
of the materials used in the said businesses, except that of a tripe
boiler; and air-tight boxes or other receptacles for conveying any
offensive matter to and from the places of manufacture. It is
also purposed that Bye Laws shall be extended to the following
businesses, viz., a manufacturer of Mineral Acids, of Ammonia,
or of any of its salts or compounds from gas liquor; of Glue
and Size. There is also a probability of Bye Laws being
prepared for the following, viz., Animal Charcoal making, Fish
curing, Neat's-foot Oil making, Anthracene, Nitro-Benzine
fnaking, India-rubber making, Oil boiling, Japanning and
Galvanizing Iron. Scarcely any of these Bye Laws will apply to
this district, as action has always been taken for years past, under
the Nuisances Removal Act, or the Old Building Act, against
persons newly establishing an offensive trade in Hackney.
The water supply to the district has been generally good
during the year. I have received several complaints respecting
it, but on comparison between the water as delivered and that
obtained from kitchen taps, it was in all cases found that the
cisterns or pipes inside the house were at fault. In one
instance, where two cases of typhoid occurred, the water as
delivered was almost free from ammonia, but that which was
drank contained as much as 0.014 grains per gallon. The