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plan, which, obviously affords the only complete means of
preventing a nuisance from the cause indicated, works
satisfactorily in establishments from which large quantities
of refuse are removed daily, and accordingly suggested to
the Metropolitan Board of Works that power should be
sought from Parliament to enable local Sanitary Authorities
to make the adoption of some such plan compulsory.
SMOKE NUISANCE.
The attention of the Vestry having been directed by the
Commissioner of Police to the emission of smoke in large
quantities, from certain premises, under circumstances which
precluded the usual action of the Police under the provisions
of the Smoke Act, the whole subject of the smoke nuisance
was taken into consideration, and it appearing that nuisances
of the kind referred to (except such as come under the
Smoke Act) mostly proceed from the larger Clubs and
Institutions, the Yestry addressed a circular letter to the
various Committees having the management of such
buildings, inviting their co-operation in reducing the issue
of smoke as much as possible.
In this letter, the Vestry suggested that in some instances
modern appliances have been adopted, with the result not
only of consuming a large proportion of the smoke, but of
appreciably reducing the consumption of fuel. Apart,
however, from any consideration of this kind, the Vestry
pointed out that they have a duty cast upon them by law
{29 & 30 Vic., cap. 90) to take proceedings if any chimney
(not being the chimney of a private dwelling house) sends
forth black smoke in such quantities as to be a nuisance.
The Vestry have not felt it necessary to take any further
action in this matter at present.
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