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weighing 2 qtrs. 21 lbs., 75½ stone of mutton, 9½ shoulders of mutton, 3 breasts of
mutton, 14 lbs. of mutton cuttings, 8 lbs. of beef, 24 lbs. of mixed cuttings, 2 doz.
bananas and 14 baskets of cherries. These were burnt in the furnaces of the Vestry's
dust destructor.
SMOKE NUISANCES.
During the year eight intimations were received from the London County
Council with reference to the emission of black smoke from chimneys in such
quantities as to be a nuisance, and several complaints were received from other
sources. In all cases notices were served and the necessary steps taken by inspector
Quelch who is charged with this duty to secure the abatement of the nuisances
complained of. In all 25 notices were served, and the nuisances abated.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
There are seventeen licensed slaughterhouses in the Parish which were found
on inspection to be kept in a satisfactory condition. In one case extensive drainage
works were found to be necessary on the premises, though not in connection with the
slaughterhouse itself; these were duly carried out under the supervision of the
Vestry's sanitary inspector. In thirteen of the seventeen slaughterhouses sheep
'only are killed.
COWHOUSES.
The licensed cowhouses number fourteen. On inspection twelve were found to
be kept in a satisfactory condition and two were fairly satisfactory. In one instance
the drainage of the premises was found to be defective and it was necessary to
reconstruct the drains.
In March the proprietor of a milk shop in connection with a cowhouse was fined
£5 and two shillings costs for infringements of the Council's regulations as to milk
shops through allowing milk utensils to be kept in a dirty condition. In this case an
objection was offered by the Council's inspector on the proprietor's application for a
cowhouse license, the license was however granted.
It is necessary according to the regulations of the London County Council, and it
is a matter of very great importance in the interests of the public that these regulations
should be duly observed, that every place used for keeping or storing milk and everything
used in connection with the keeping or sale of milk shall always be kept clean;
that all utensils and vessels used in any way in connection with milk should always be
kept clean and sweet, being as often as may be necessary cleansed with steam or
boiling water; and that every cowkeeper or dairyman shall at all times ado??? such
precautions as may be necessary to preserve the purity of the milk.