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An application was received for permission to carry on fat melting
and bone boiling at No.30, Marshgate Lane. The premises being in a
dilapidated condition, the applicant was required to submit plans and
particulars of the buildings and plant he was prepared to erect in the
event of permission being granted. No particulars were submitted
and the application was not granted.
The British Organic Conversion Company, successors to Messrs.
F. Hammersley & Co., carrying on the trades of fat melting, bone
boiling and soap making in Bradfield Road, Silvertown, made
application for permission to treat blood and other organic matter.
This application was granted on the recommendation of the Public
Health Committee after a visit to the factory.
Application was made by the Co-operative Wholesale Society for
permission to establish the trade of soap making in new buildings
about to be erected at their premises at Silvertown, and permission
was granted subject to the approval by the Medical Officer of Health
of the plant to be used.
Bye-laws.—New Bye-laws, made under Section 26 of the
Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, prescribing the times for
removal of offensive matter within or through the Borough, were
adopted by the Council on 9th July, and allowed by the Local
Government Board on 22nd August, 1907. The Bye-laws provide
that offensive matter shall be removed between 6a.m. and 12 noon
during the months of November, December, January and February,
and between 4 a.m. and 10 a.m. during the remaining months of the
year. They also require the provision of properly constructed
receptacles and carts, and provide for the cleansing of any footway or
carriage way upon which offensive matter may have been spilled
during the process of removal.
Pollution of Rivers Act.—A meeting was held at the
offices of the Lee Conservancy Board, attended by the Medical