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done to obviate any nuisance, the complaints were not without
justification. A continuance of the present system will certainly
lead to complaints, and very probably to disorders of health,
amongst those who may dwell in the houses shortly to be erected
in the vicinity of the dock. The erection of a dust destructor in
some part of the district, as has been proposed and so freely
discussed, will become a matter of sanitary necessity, if no other
alternative to the present system can be devised.
Places over which the Council has supervision:—
(a) Lodging houses.
There are no lodging houses in Barnes and
Mortlake.
(b) Slaughter houses.
These, in actual use, are few, and fairly well
kept. I have found the occupiers of the various
premises willing, and indeed eager, to adopt any
measures the desirability of which I have pointed
out to them.
But the slaughter houses themselves are mostly
old and roughly constructed of wood. Under the
present conditions of the meat trade, they are
destined however, in all probability, to gradually
fall into desuetude.
The local butchers' shops are, as a rule, very
well kept. The greater part of the meat sold
locally is procured from the dead meat market, and
therefore undergoes critical inspection by trained
officials before being brought into the district.
(c) Bakehouses.
The condition of these important places is not
always satisfactory, although the letter of the law