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Complaints have been forwarded from Mr. Frazer, Brunswick Cottages, Sydenham,
and from the inhabitants adjacent to the toll gate, Lewisham, respecting some offensive
nuisances dangerous to health.
I have examined into these complaints, and find at Mr. Frazer's that the drains run
very objectionably under the floor of the house, and that the pipes are not sufficiently
cemented. There is also a want of ventilation under the floor of the house. I am informed
that a cesspool exists next door at a higher level than the floors of the houses.
At Mr. Collins's Tailor, near the toll gate, an offensive cesspool and privy exist,
which is a nuisance and dangerous to the health of the inhabitants. It is requisite that
the premises should be drained efficiently and supplied with water.
Meteorological tables and tables of mortality are appended as usual.