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the Estuary of the Thames by the deposit of refuse alleged
to be removed from London dustbins, the vestry resolved to
prohibit such deposit in any future contract for the removal
of dust, so far as this parish is concerned, by the introduction
of a penal clause into the contract.
The Vestry have also decided to adopt carts fitted with
metal telescopic covers, for dust removal.
In view of the expiration of the contracts for scavenging
and dust removal at Lady-day, tenders were invited by public
advertisement in the month of January, Seventeen tenders
were received, and that of Messrs. Mead & Co., of Paddington,
for the sum of £4,500 per annum for the whole work,
was accepted. The term of the contract is three years, power
being reserved to the Yestry to terminate it at the end
of the first or second year.
The Yestry have repeatedly, as opportunity offered,
advocated the adoption of what is commonly known as the
"pail system" in the removal of dust. The advantages and
working of this system as proposed in this Parish, were
explained in a circular which was distributed in February
and March, of which the following is a copy:—
The Vestry earnestly invite the aid of the Ratepayers and Householders
individually in the important matter of dust storage and removal.
Dust-bins built in the usual way are objectionable
on many grounds; not infrequently they are so constructed
or placed that they cannot be completely cleared each time the dustman
calls, as they should be, and thus decaying refuse may be left at the bottom
of the bin, to rot and possibly disseminate disease. The act of digging out
the refuse is also necessarily a dirty operation, and occupies the time o£
the dustman needlessly.