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The form of Trap approved by the Medical Officer of Health may be inspected at
the Vestry Hall.
3. Every Fish Curer shall provide a sufficient number of tubs, boxes, or vessels,
constructed of galvanized iron or other non-absorbent material, and furnished with
tight and close-fitting covers, for the purpose of receiving and conveying away all
garbage, offal, and filth. He shall from time to time, as often as occasion may
require, cause such garbage and offal to be placed in such vessels and removed from
his premises without delay. In no instance shall such offal be allowed to remain on
the premises to accumulate for more than twenty-four hours.
4. Every Fish Curer shall cause every vessel, receptacle, or scraping board
provided or used in connection with his business to be kept, when not actually in
use, at all times thoroughly clean, so as to prevent the emission of any offensive
smell. No accumulation of empty fish boxes, baskets, or lumber will be allowed on
the premises.
5. Any Fish Curer offending against these Regulations will be summoned to the
Worship Street Police Court, and fined such sums as the Magistrate may direct. In
case of a repetition of the offence, the Occupier will be indicted for creating a
nuisance, and the further carrying on of the business will be prohibited.
By Order of the Sanitary Committee,
GEORGE PADDOCK BATE, M.D.,
OCTOBER, 1879. Medical Officer of Health.
A considerable nuisance seems to have been caused by the dealers
who remove the fish offal for the purpose of converting it into manure.
Several of those persons were written to by Mr. Voss, and attended
before the Sanitary Committee; they agreed to provide air-tight tanks
for the purpose; in some instances this has been done, and a considerable
abatement of the nuisance is the result.
SANITARY LEGISLATION DURING THE YEAR.
During the past year several important Acts of Parliament have
received the Royal Assent.
The Metropolis Management and Buildings Act (Amendment) empowers
the Board of Works to make certain Bye-laws, which this authority
has accordingly issued, containing stringent regulations as to
foundations and sites of buildings, and also the description and
quality of the material used in the construction of houses, ordaining
that mortar shall be made of certain proportions of fresh burnt lime
and clean sand or grit, and that Portland or other good cement shall
be also mixed with clean sand or grit, that all walls must have throughout
their whole length and width damp-proof courses of asphalte or
other impervious material a foot above the outer ground and in