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In the result notices were sent to the various owners, asking
them to attend to certain matters and calling attention to the fact
that, under Section 43 of the P.H.A.A.A., 1907, the local authority
can under certain circumstances, insist on a urinal, opening on a
street, being removed.
Since the serving of these notices one or two of these places
have been closed and others very much improved. The necessity
for proper sanitary conveniences in the district is however not less
imperative than before, and Barnes and Mortlake remain less
provided with these accessories to health and convenience than,
I suppose, any other populated areas hereabouts.
There are still some cesspools at East Sheen in connection
with houses that cannot be linked with any existing sewer, and
sooner or later the question will have to be tackled. I am still
of opinion that, in the meantime, cesspools within the district
might well be cleansed periodically by the local authority.
The disposal of house refuse is another subject of
continued interest. Various discussions have been conducted
during the past twelve months.
Early in the year several reports were presented by the
Surveyor as to a method of dealing with domestic refuse known as
treatment by the Lighting Dust Manipulator; later on it was
decided to discontinue the use of the shoot in Lonsdale Road, and
for six months to barge all refuse away from the dock at the
Council's depot in Mortlake. This plan however fell through,
owing to resistance from the Port of London Authority, and at
present things are going on as was formerly the case.
No doubt next summer will bring with it a recrudescence of
complaints from residents in the vicinity of the dust shoot, and
further debate will occur. Apart from the nuisance that must