THE DUST-CARTS OF BRITAIN [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—I was glad to read the article in last week's Spectator on dust collection in London, and hope you will invite corre- spondence on the matter. The dust collection in the borough of Kensington is a scandal and a disgrace to a rich borough.
I write periodically to the Medical Officer of Health and get a formal reply, but nothing is done. The high dust- carts need a ladder to reach": they' haVe lids which are always open and the dust is blown into the larders of the' houses.
I have myself seen a dust-cart going down Church Street, which is filled with provision shops of all sorts, with both lids open and the dust blowing out in clouds. We had an epidemic of pare-typhoid about. one and a-half years ago, and it -is not surprising. The wonder is that we are ever free from epidemics. Nothing stirs the local Council, and only a widespread protest will awake them to the danger.— I am, Sir, &c.-,
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