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adjoining parish, and from the Gas Works at Haggerston,
but the last-named are not so much complained of as
they were.
The whole of the cow-sheds in the district, amounting to
61, and many of the slaughter-houses were inspected by the
View Committee, and I visited a considerable proportion of
them on more than one occasion. They were generally in a
fair condition, but above 30 notices were served for repair of
paving, new traps, cleansing and lime-whiting the sheds,
nearly all of which were complied with. It was, however,
necesssary to oppose the renewal of the license to a butcher for
not properly paving and draining his yard, and to a cowkeeper
for refusing to alter his grain pit in such a manner as to
prevent the effluvia from tainting the air of the cowshed. Also
another cowkeeper for not properly paving his yard and part
of the shed, and not using proper means for preventing the
offensive vapours from the dung-pit entering the shed; and a
third cowkeeper for not providing sufficient ventilation to the
shed, and proper paving for the yard. The renewal of these
licenses was adjourned at the October to the November Sessions,
when the butcher and one cowkeeper were warned that they
would lose their licenses if they did not keep their premises in
a more cleanly state, and as the others had complied with our
requirements all the licenses were granted.
During the year I have attended 49 Committee Meetings,
viz., 27 of the Sanitary Committee, 9 of the View Committee,
chiefly for the inspection and re-inspection of the cow-sheds and
slaughter-houses; 4 of the Trap Committee, which was
appointed by the Board to report as to the most efficient trap
for the street gullies; 6 of the Mortuary Committee, and 3
meetings of other Committees unconnected with Sanitary work.
In addition to these I attended at the Sessions House, Great
Prescott Street, to oppose the renewal of the licenses to those
occupiers of cow-sheds and slaughter-houses who had neglected
to carry out the orders of the Sanitary Committee, as well as on
several occasions at the Police Courts, to give evidence against