30 MARCH 1929, Page 3

The present methods of the disposal of refuse by our

municipal dustcarts are strongly censured in the Report on Public Cleansing in London, issued by the Ministry of Health on Saturday, March 16th. We shall return to this subject, but there can be no doubt from the results of the investigation—and we all have alio the evidence of our eyes and noses—that the present conditions are most discreditable. The scattering of dust and debris is at once insanitary and uneconomical. We ought to feel ashamed that this is the first comprehensive Report that has been published on the subject.

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