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(42)
New cards with the Bakehouse Regulations were
printed and distributed to all the proprietors, calling
their attention to the necessary lime washing, &c.
REMOVAL OF FISH OFFAL.
This, as in previous years, has caused a great
number of complaints owing to the surreptitious
removal of offal from the fish shops of the District.
The odour from the emptying of the receptacles
into the iron tank or cart is most objectionable and
sickening, it impregnates the air for a considerable
distance, causing a great annoyance to pedestrians.
Our Bye Laws call for this offensive matter to
be removed between the hours of 12 o'clock midnight
and 6 o'clock a.m. The greatest difficulty is experienced
by the collectors in persuading the proprietors
to get up at so early an hour to give access to the tins
used for storage, and they often have to go away
without collecting, leaving the tradesman to dispose
of it in the manner above referred to.
As the nuisance is a growing one and of constant
recurrence, I should like to suggest that the Council
enter into an agreement with one of the fish-collecting
contractors to collect at certain stated times the fish
offal from all the shops in the District, the contractor
to find all plant and the disposal of offal, but the
Council to have a man to help in the collection, who,