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Cow-houses. There were 31 in number, kept by 26 Cow-
keepers, the number of cows being 367. In 1870, the numbers
were 33, 30, and 452; so that there were 85 cows fewer than in
that year. The same remarks apply to the Cow-houses as to
the Slaughter-houses: that many of them are mere makeshifts,
and not sufficiently ventilated. Still, the cows were healthy, no
cases of the diseases so prevalent in the provinces existing in any
of them.
The conditions required for the licensing of the Cow-houses
are:—that they be properly lighted and ventilated; that they
and the adjoining yards be properly paved and drained; that
there be a proper supply of water; a properly constructed dungpit—level
with the surface; and that the grain bins be kept
clean and in good repair; that the Cow houses be cleaned twice,
and the yards once a-day; that the dung be swept up twice aday,
and removed three times a-week before 8 a.m.; and that
they be lime-whited at least twice every year. (The license for
one Cow-house in another parish was refused, because the dung
was removed at 11 a.m., causing a nuisance to the neighbouring
inhabitants.)
Wherever Cow-houses are kept in the Metropolis, there
must be a nuisance arising from the effluvia evolved by the
decomposing dung and fermenting grains. But if the above
regulations are properly carried out, the nuisance will be reduced
to a minimum.
Artizans' Dwellings Act. The Turamill Street Courts,
which 1 condemned under this Act, are still under the consideration
of the Vestry. They will be pulled down shortly, to make
room for the new street. Six of the houses in Frying-pan Alley
have been pulled down; 4 being re-built in their place, and provided
with separate closets, &c.
Workshops Regulation Act.—Theduties of the Vestry
in regard to this Act, so far as concerns the persons employed,
and the hours during which they are engaged, have been transferred
by the Act to the Inspector of Factories. In so far as
they relate to nuisances, the supervision remains with the Vestry.
Wo occasion has been found for interference in these cases.