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removed from our borders, and there would be heard
no longer complaints in our streets.
DUST AND MANURE.
The removal of the dust by the Vestry was a step
in the right direction; and it is to be hoped it will be
shortly followed by others, the next being the removal
of the manure. In every large town this is properly
the work of the parish or of the corporation. Both dust
and manure, instead of being fertile sources of complaint
and of disease in a parish, should be made sources
of profit, and should contribute to the parochial
exchequer, as is the case in Antwerp and certain other
continental cities. With efficient organization, both
might be removed daily, and dust-bins and dung-pits
might be easily abolished.
At my suggestion, a resolution was passed, requiring
the removal of manure three times a week—that is to
say, on alternate days. Summonses were taken out
against two persons for "undue detention of manure'
one of whom was committed to prison for a month, in
default of payment of a fine of £2 and costs. He had
been previously fined. The money was subsequently
paid.
HOUSES CONDEMNED AS UNFIT FOR
HUMAN HABITATION.
Rose Tree Cottage and Providence Cottage were
closed under the Nuisances' Removal Act, 1855, sec. 13.
The condition of Nos. 1, and 2, Vine Cottages,