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of the basin, appear to have been hitherto baffled by
legal difficulties. The Directors of the Canal Company
ought now that the Basin is in the centre of a populous
Metropolitan district, and not as it was originally in
the outskirts of London, make more efficient bye-laws
for the manure loading, and, with regard to the stagnant
water in the Pool, if permitted by the Metropolitan
Board of Works, thousands of tons of water, could be
let off into the sewers, at times when the Canal is
plentifully supplied, which would, like storm water,
wash and cleanse them.
Rag, Bone, and Fat Collecting.
A large number of shops, commonly known as
Marine Stores, are found in back Streets and Mews of
this Parish; they have for some years past been
subject to the vigilant inspection of the Inspector of
Nuisances, in consequence of complaints from neighbours
of offensive smells arising from them, or from the
removal of fat and bones. These offensive businesses
should, like Slaughter-houses and other noxious trades,
be under a permit or licence, and subject to bye-laws
and periodical inspection. We manage to keep them
in fair order, insisting upon the fat and bones being
kept in covered receptacles and going away at frequent
intervals. One nuisance connected with these shops
is the noxious effluvia from the Soap-boilers and Bonecollector's
waggons, which come round weekly and
stand about in the street, emitting their sickening
odour, much complained of by ladies and persons going
shopping.