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slaughter houses.
Inspection of the slaughter houses in the district was regularlycarried
on during the year. In most instances they were
found to be well managed. In one case the renewal of the license
was opposed by your Board. The applicant submitted to the
Bench that the requirements of your Board were not necessary,
as the Metropolitan Board of Works did not oppose the granting
of the license. The Bench, however, refused the license, and adjourned
the application to enable the licensee to carry out the
improvements required. At the adjourned meeting the license
was granted, the necessary work having been done.
bake-houses.
The bake-houses in the district were under regular inspection
during the past year. They were found to be generally well
managed. The " Bake-house Regulation Act " having been repealed
by the Factory Act, 1878, the special jurisdiction previously
exercised by your Board no longer exists, as no Factory
Inspectors have as yet been appointed for the purpose, so far as
I can ascertain. I have deemed it advisable to have periodical
inspections systematically made as if the Bakehouse Regulation
Act were still in force.
dust heaps.
Numerous complaints were received during last year of
nuisances occasioned through large accumulations of ashes and
house refuse being deposited near to private dwelling houses,
I need hardly say that this is a very difficult subject to deal
with, and one that requires the greatest possible caution. It
was not thought advisible to take legal proceedings except in
one case, in which a contractor was depositing dust and house
refuse at the back of May Street, Fulham. An order was obtained
at the Hammersmith Police Court, and the defendant
was afterwards fined for disobeying it. In all the other cases
the nuisances were to some extent abated by the contractors
carrying out instructions that were issued. They were prohibited
from burning, and were required to bury, or at once remove
the soft core. This being a special process of trade it is most
difficult for your Board to effectually put a stop to the
nuisance, nor could I, except in an extreme case, feel justified
in advising your Board to take legal proceedings unless a contractor
refused to adopt all reasonable precautions to abate
the nuisance.
sanitary work.
Some slight improvement has taken place in the amount of
sanitary duty performed by the several Inspectors. Still however,
there is room for improvement, as more strict regularity is