In 1875 the Health and Safety Act ordered that household rubbish must be collected once a week. Will Mrs Fooks please tell us when this Act was repealed? And if it has not been repealed, what is she going to do about it?
Someone richer and less lazy than myself ought to try this question out in court.
Mr Martin Osbourne (Letters, October 24) tells us that God created rats. He also created scorpions, poisonous snakes and Aids. Perhaps they should also be allowed to flourish?
RALPH LEAVIS Jourdain Road Blackbird Leys, Oxford
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