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TABLE II.— A list of refusals in the collection of Dust for the year
ending, December 31st, 1896.
1896.
Week ending
Refusals.
1896.
Week ending
Refusals.
January 4th
6,419
July 4th
10,653
„ 11th
9,763
„ 11th
9,875
„ 18 th
8,547
„ 18th
10,218
„ 25th
9,018
„ 25th
10,651
February 1st
10,713
August 1st
11,418
„ 8th
8,897
„
11,046
„ 15th
9,576
„ 15th
12 117
„ 22nd
7,863
„ 22nd
10,241
„ 29th
8,679
29th
11,416
March 7th
11,413
Sept. 5th
10,944
„ 14th
9,518
„ 12th
10,638
„ 21st
9,013
„ 19th
11,564
„ 28th
10,433
„ 26th
10,879
April 4th
8,991
October 3rd
12,243
„ 11th
9,358
„ 10th
11,626
„ 18th
9,176
„ 17th
11,709
„ 25th
10,437
„ 24th
10,658
May 2nd
9,312
„ 31st
11,119
„ 9th
8,479
Nov. 7th
10,267
„ 16th
9,815
„ 14th
10,013
„ 23rd
11,093
„ 21st
11,651
„ 30th
9,657
„ 28th
10,983
June 6th
8,998
Dec. 5th
10,294
„ 13th
9,363
„ 2th
9,615
„ 20th
9,913
„ 19th
9,173
„ 27th
10,548
26th
8,219
„ 31st
2,437
This table gives the number of refusals each week during the year.
Striking an average for the year, it will be seen that more than one
third of the householders will not permit the dust to be taken every
week. This is anything but satisfactory, and something must soon
be done to induce an altered state of things. Householders cannot
be aware that when they refuse to let the dust be taken away, they
are committing a breach of the Public Health Act, (London) 1891;
I allude to the following Sec.:—
Sec. 116—(1) If any person
(a) Wilfully obstructs any member or officer of a Sanitary Authority,
or any person duly employed, in the execution of this act
he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding
five pounds.
I think some effort should be made to bring this information to the
knowledge of the Hackney house.holders; it might be done by a
printed notice, setting forth the inconvenience and extra cost such
refusals entail, and the penalty incurred by offenders. I think if a