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My belief is that Regulations under existing Acts
of Parliament are operative,by which these offensive
trades may be made comparatively, if not substantially
innoxious. In my Report of November
5th, 1868, amongst other things which I insisted
upon for the protection of the public, are (a.) that the
Directors of the Grand Junction Canal Company
should be compelled to attend more strictly to
the bye-laws as to careless loading of manure;
b. that covered carts and barges should be used
for all foul and offensive matter which ought also to
be removed at night or at early hours; (c.) a proper
and convenient platform for the loading of boats
from carts as they arrive at the edge of the canal;
(d.) that owners should pave yards and wharves with
an impermable sloping and smooth surface, to enable
them to be kept properly and daily cleansed
and scavenged; (e.) to have the water from the
Basin let off more frequently; (f.) to concrete the
bottom of the Basin, so that it might be easily and
effectually cleansed annually, a plan long talked of,
but never executed.
Another recommendation I would also make, viz.
be that a special officer should be employed by the
Vestry to watch daily and even hourly the loadings
and deposits at the Wharves, on the Canal,
and the nature of materials brought into the Parish
creating nuisances; pointing out at the same time
the practical methods of dealing with them, and to
prosecute in every instance where the Local or
General Acts are violated.