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Removal of Offensive Refuse.
On the 3rd December, 1895, the Vestry had before them a letter from the Vestry Clerk
of Kensington, as under:—
Vestry of the
PARISH OF ST. MARY ABBOTTS, KENSINGTON.
Town Hall,
Kensington High Street, W.,
26th November, 1895.
Dear Sir,
Removal of Offensive Refuse.
The attention of the Vestry of Kensington has been called to the By-law
(No. 1) of the London County Council, under Sec. 16 (2) of the Public Health
(London) Act, prescribing the time for the removal of offensive refuse, and to the
difficulties which have arisen in consequence of offal from the premises of certain
fishmongers and game dealers in their Parish being removed on Saturday evenings
in contravention of such By-law.
At the time the By-law in question was framed by the Council, my Vestry
put forward the suggestion that the hours for the removal of refuse should be
from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., and had this suggestion been adopted, it is felt that the
difficulties which have since been experienced would not have arisen.
It will be seen that compliance with the Council's By-law necessitates the
storage of offal at fishmongers' and poulterers' premises from Saturday morning
until Monday, a proceeding which must, it is thought, be generally deprecated on
sanitary grounds, and my Vestry have been led to address a communication to the
Council expressing the opinion that the By-law in question should be revised to
allow of the removal of fish offal, etc., at other than the times at present
prescribed, provided such offal is removed from the premises in suitable and closely
covered receptacles, which will effectually prevent any noxious effluvia escaping
therefrom.
My Vestry are of opinion that no nuisance would arise from the removal, and
conveyance through the streets, of fish and game offal during evening hours
under such a By-law as that which at present governs the removal of refuse