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of water-rates was brought under the notice of
the Sanitary Committee during last summer. The
Medical Officer of Health was directed to report on
the cases which had occurred in the Parish, and
as to the legal powers of the Water Companies.
The report was presented in September, and after
discussion, the question was postponed for the collection
of further information.
Manure Removal—On the whole there have been
fewer complaints of nuisance from this source. In
the early summer notices requiring the removal of
manure once in every 48 hours were extensively
posted throughout the Parish, and handbills of the
same notice left at each stable.
In August of last year the County Council
addressed the following communication to the Metropolitan
Local Authorities:—
The Council frequently receives complaints as to nuisance
arising from peat moss litter and other stable manure at various
premises in London, and on e.nquiry being made into the matter,
it is generally found that the nuisance occurs when the manure
is removed from the receptacles into which it has been placed,
and in the course of such removal, which may take place two or
three times a week. It has been suggested that the nuisance
would be obviated if the manure were removed direct from the
stables and placed into properly-constructed waggons, or into .
movable receptacles, so that it could be taken out of the yard
without being further manipulated.
Section 21 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, enables
a sanitary authority to deal with any manufactory, building, or
premises, used for any trade business, process, or manufacture,