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11 are occupied by manure dealers; 3 by dust
and slop contractors; others are gravel and coal
wharves.
Of Urinals and Urinal nuisances in all parts of
the Parish, five are public Urinals, and 50 others
under inspection are those at the public houses.
Urinal nuisances most difficult to deal with, are
those under archways and in corners, being not
less than 20.
There are 95 Mews under systematic inspection
in the Parish, besides 13 livery stables and yards;
the manure from which is removed in some daily,
in others twice a-week, and in a few weekly.
Dung-pits built up in brick-work are objected to
for several reasons; wire-guards, getting more into
use, are strongly to be recommended in front of
stables in all Mews, they can be quickly unhooked
and the manure, easily got at, can be swept up
clean when carted away: while in sunk pits it is
more difficult to get out; from neglect it collects,
putrifies, and on its removal creates a stench.
Heaps of dung unprotected are objectionable, inasmuch
as fowls can get at them and scatter it
about.
Fried fish shops, nine in number, are under inspection;
the smells have caused much trouble
and annoyance in the neigbourhoods where they
are situated.
The proprietors of thirty-five Greengrocers'
shops have had to be cautioned, or have had
Sanitary Notice not to sweep and throw garbage
into the streets in front of their shops. This