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of house refuse assumed a highly controversial complexion, and the
Council after close consideration instructed the Public Health Committee
to report upon other methods of dealing with house refuse.
Acting on this instruction the Public Health Committee went
very carefully into the matter during the year 1910, visiting Dust
Destructors in various parts of the Metropolis. They also considered
the question of removing both by barge and rail, and eventually
recommended to the Council that no alteration should be made in the
method of disposal as far as the northern part of the Borough was
concerned, but that the principle of " barging" be adopted for the
southern portion of the Borough. This recommendation was adopted
by the Council, and negotiations were entered into with the Gas
Light and Coke Company for the lease of a Wharf by the Iron
Bridge, Canning Town. The subsequent result and developments of
these negotiations entered into the current year (1911), and will be
dealt with accordingly.
I have reproduced some photographs taken for me by Messrs.
•J. A. Cheatle and E. S. Burrough, showing the Beckton Road Dust
/Shoot and the surrounding district from the top of the Shoot.
BYE LAWS RELATING TO OFFENSIVE TRADES,
COMMON LODGING HOUSES, &c.
Offensive Trades.— Upwards of thirty premises where
statutory offensive businesses are carried on are located in the Borough
and include soap manufacturers, 9; fat melters and bone boilers, 14;
gut scrapers, 2; fish and offal contractors, 2 ; organic manure manufacturers,
2; other trades, 3. These are subject to constant inspection
and may be said to be carried on with comparatively little nuisance to
the general public.