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Offensive Trades.
The offensive trades, in the transport of manure
and dust siftings, carried on on the banks of the
Canal Basin,have been under constant supervision,
and much fewer complaints have been made of the
retention of loaded barges, and of deposits of
manure on the wharves. The collecting and
disposal of dust, ashes, garbage and trade refuse,
is not at present (June 1868) on a good footing.
Complaints are numerous. When this subject
again comes up for discussion, I would suggest new
clauses in the Contract, comprising a more regular
system of speedy removal, the employment of
covered vehicles for collecting, and the conveyance
out of the Parish within a given time of all
offensive materials collected. Local Authorities
having charge of Dust Contracts and Scavenging,
ought to have the following provision inserted:—
That all refuse, animal and vegetable matters,
removed from houses, shops, streets and towns, shall be
deposited upon the soil prepared for vegetable production ;
that they shall be so disposed of and removed from
inhabited dwellings before they enter into putrefactive
fermentation, or give off noxious gases or effluvia,
detrimental to health and comfort.
Bad Fish.
Four instances have occurred where putrid fish
has been condemned at the Marylebone Police
Court; and in each case the salesman returned the