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Notices for abatement of nuisances to be given within
he parochial year.
For non-compliance with these notices, 16 summonses
have been issued, the notices have had the
desired effect, the parties having complied therewith
without compulsory proceedings.
paying, lighting, watering, and cleansing.
The contracts in relation to these matters, entered
into during the past year, will appear at the foot
hereof.
baths and washhouses.
The Commissioners of Baths and Washhouses have
furnished a statement of their Receipts and Expenditure,
and the same having been duly audited, will be
found annexed.
The Commissioners find that it is desirable to make
the unused part of the laundries available, either by
letting the same, or by providing increased accommodation
for the washers, for which considerable outlay
will be necessary. The Commissioners have the matter
now under consideration, and will speedily bring the
same under the notice of the Vestry.
thames embankment.
It will appear, by reference to the 5th and last
Annual Report of the proceedings of the Vestry, that
they there expressed their opinion that the question of
the practicability of a plan for deodorizing the sewage
of the Metropolis should undergo immediate consideration
by means of experiments, so as, if possible, to
guard against the evils which might result if such deodorization
were attempted at Barking Creek.