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which had been previously obtained by the Vestry; the Committee
ordered this to be referred to the Solicitor and the
nuisance was abated upon a cautionary letter.
Hillier's yard. Refuse deposited by Lambeth Vestry from
roads &c., in their parish, the refuse remaining in some
instances for a longer period than 24 hours. The refuse after
being mixed with stable manure and other litter and water is
then consigned to the country by train from the South Western
Goods Yard, Nine Elms.
Hudson's Case. Nuisance arising from an open soil pipe
head in Kersley Street. In this case the water closet was untrapped
and discharged into an open rain water head the length
of soil pipe being about 10 feet and trapped at the foot near the
ground floor windows. The Medical Officer of Health had
previously reported to the Sanitary Committee that in his
opinion the nuisance constituted a danger to health.
As far back as the 4th September, 1894, considerable
correspondence in respect to this nuisance passed between the
Agent of the property and the Vestry, and every opportunity
was given to the owner to abate the nuisance.
Subsequently proceedings were instituted, the wife of the
occupier of the house stating that they had been unable to
use the w.c. on account of bad smells experienced in the
ground floor back room, when used, and that she had complained
to the landlord who took no notice, except to send
and pour disinfectants down the pipe, and further that the
children had suffered from throat disease which her medical
man attributed to bad sanitary arrangements.
Her delicate state of health rendered her unable to attend
the Police Court at the hearing of the case, and her husband
was, therefore, subpœnaed, but his evidence did not assist the
Vestry or bear out in the least his wife's statement.