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In every case the strictest care is taken to enforce the
provisions of the Act and conditions upon which the licenses are
granted.
FACTORIES & WORKSHOPS.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Domestic Workshops
are increasing every year and at present there are 179 on the
Register. These premises are regularly inspected and Notices
served calling for the abatement of nuisances when found to exist.
HIGHWAY REFUSE.
The removal of Trade Refuse is not an obligatory duty falling
upon the Local Authority, but the policy of the Council has been
for many years to collect Tradesmen's Refuse free of charge when
placed in a receptacle and put in a convenient place outside
the premises ready for collection by the scavenger.
This method works well and is a great factor in keeping the
streets clean and pieces of vacant land from becoming dumping
grounds for all kinds of offensive Trade Refuse.
I am still of opinion that the Council's policy is an economical,
efficient, and sanitary method of dealing with an untidy source of
annoyance, and notwithstanding criticism from inexperienced
persons, I hope in the interest of Public Health the present system
will continue.
GIPSIES.
East Ham has always been the happy hunting ground for these
undesirable visitors, and no doubt will continue to be so until the
vacant land is covered with houses. Some 155 caravans or tents
have been dealt with during the year. Notices are served upon
these van dwellers and squatters to furnish their dwellings with a
domestic supply of water; as this is impracticable, they take their
departure rather than incur the penalties under the East Ham
Improvement Act.