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Numerous complaints have been made by the inhabitants, of the
nuisances arising from bone boiling, and animal charcoal burning, in this
district, both which are not only annoying, but highly injurious to health.
" Sic utere tuo utalienum non Iœdas," is a golden rule; it may be thus
translated—Do what you like with your own, provided that by so doing, you
do no injury to your neighbour.
As the want of a good surface drainage, consequent upon a defective state
of the paving in the courts and alleys, is one of the principal causes of the ill
health which prevails so extensively among the poor in this district; and it
being in the power of the Board to cause all these badly paved localities to be
improved; I have, at this early stage of our labours, brought before you a list
of all those places in your district, occupied by the poor, which require
paving. I earnestly hope that the landlords of the unpaved courts, will,
with as little delay as possible, cause a good level pavement to be laid down
in each; for a well flagged court, if properly supplied with water, and
efficiently drained, can easily be kept clean, and the ill effects of damp will
be in a great measure prevented. In a sanitary point of view, I would
recommend that, in flagging the courts, the stones should slope gradually
towards the centre, so as to obviate the unseemly appearance of the open
channel, which is frequently obstructed with dirt, and where water
occasionally stagnates.
The following is a list of the courts in the Whitechapel District, which
require re-paving. 1 have not enumerated any of the principal streets, for
they are under the exclusive charge of the Surveyor.