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employed, and notices were served on the employers to abate the
overcrowding. In one room a wash.hand basin with the waste
connected with the house drain was met with, and in another
there was a drain under the floor. Both these nuisances as well
as the overcrowding were abated.
The examination of the bake.houses was far more satisfactory
than I anticipated, no flagrant instance of sanitary deficiencies
having been found. Several of the greengrocers' and fishmongers'
yards were dirty, and the occupiers received notice to
prevent any accumulations of refuse or of dirty fish.baskets, &c.,
on the premises for the future.
The cowsheds and many of the slaughter houses were
inspected during the year, and it was necessary to oppose several
occupiers of cowsheds and of one slaughter house. The latter
because it was proposed to use it as a quasi public slaughter
house, the former occupier, a butcher, having left, and the
present occupier wishing to let it for other persons to use. After
fully considering the application for renewal, and the opposition
made by me, the Magistrates refused to grant the license. The
cowsheds were in a fairly good state, there being but little to
complain of, except in two cases, where the paving was very bad.
The whole of the occupiers, except two, limewhited, cleansed,
and where necessary repaired the sheds before the first licensing
day, and these two completed everything to the satisfaction of
the Yiew Committee and myself before the adjourned licensing
day, so that the applications for a renewal of all the licenses
were granted.
The only trade nuisance with which I have specially dealt
during the year was a Fish.skin Curer in Cheshire Yard,
Homerton. After several visits and the service of a notice he
left the District. There has been a rather considerable number
of offensive accumulations of various kinds removed during the
year, but as the number of houses in the District increase, the
facilities of getting rid of refuse beoomes less, and consequently
refuse and other matters are deposited in private yards, and in
public places to a rather considerable extent.