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The Dust Removal Contract.
Last year the Dust Removal Contract was a source
of great trouble. The imperfect manner in which it
was carried out lead to the most grievous complaints
from householders in all quarters. In May, and the
early part of June, 520 complaints were made in
8 days, no attention being paid to the D Card placed in
the windows, therefore letters and complaints poured in
daily. The Contractor paid no attention to anything
but the written orders sent from the Vestry Clerk.
That was utterly insufficient to abate the nuisances
existing in all parts of the parish. The Sanitary and
Public Health Committee found that the plan of enforcing
a fine for non-removal, and to prove the case
was a crude and troublesome process; but the powers
conferred by the contract to employ other persons, and,
a Resolution of the Committee authorizing me to act
upon it, had the desired effect. The following letter was
perfectly successful, and in only a few instances were
extra carts employed.
The following is a Draft of Letter to the Dust
Contractor:—
MR. COLLINS,
Sir,
The Sanitary and Public Health Committee have
had under consideration the Resolution referred to them by the
Vestry at their last meeting relative to the non-removal of Dust
and have had again brought before them numerous complaints from
householders in all directions as to the refusal and neglect to
remove their dust. The serious sanitary nuisances arising from so