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that some measures be adopted to prevent such an exces- 
sive waste under penalty. I have heard it said that wash- 
ing in the yards could not be prevented by law. Admit- 
ting even this, I submit that the clause of the Police Ordi- 
nance which makes it unlawful to discharge into the streets 
foul water from manufactories should be made applicable 
to all houses. A wash-house has been provided at a large 
cost, for the benefit of the washerwomen of the town ; and 
as they charge the fee exacted from them to the persons 
whose clothes they wash, I cannot conceive what objec- 
tion they can have to using the troughs of the above 
establishment. 
The great difficulty, however, is the removal of the town 
refuse and dirt. The scavenging of the Borough, though 
very inefficient, costs the corporation a very large sum of 
money. Could any assistance be given or any plan devised 
to ensure better scavenging ? Under clause 45 of the Police 
Ordinance any person throwing or laying any dirt, litter, 
ashes, offal, decayed vegetable matter or rubbish of any 
kind into or on any street is punishable by fine, if convicted 
before any Justice of the Peace. Such being the law, how 
is it that, at any time of the day all sorts of dirt and rub- 
bish, brushwood, cow-dung and horse-litter are thrown or 
laid on the streets, so that, half an hour after a street has 
been swept and the dirt removed, it often looks as if it had 
not been cleansed for days? The only remedy which sug- 
gests itself is to render, under a heavy penalty, all occu- 
piers of houses responsible for any dirt which might be 
found in front of their respective dwellings. This I regard 
as a most essential measure, as it is, in my opinion, the 
only remedy against a crying evil. In fact, the cleanliness 
of any town is dependant upon the following conditions : 
