London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hammersmith 1893

Eighth annual report to 15th March, 1894...

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were 120 bodies brought to the mortuary by order
of the Coroner or the Police ; 44 of these were taken
from the West London Hospital, and included 18 parishioners
and 26 non-parishioners.
public nuisances.
During last year I brought before your Sanitary
Committee complaints received by me in reference to the
following alleged public nuisances —i. Deposit of a large
heap of ashes from dustbins in a field at the north end of
Adelaide Road, Shepherd's Bush. ii. Horrible stench
from the Albert Mills, Oil Mill Lane. iii. Black smoke
from the chimney of the London Co-operative Laundry
and Cleaning Company, Blythe Road. iv. Jeddo Road
ditch, Starch Green, v. Offensive effluvia from factories
in the neighbourhood of The Chancellors, Hammersmith,
vi. Black smoke issuing from chimney of Albert Mills,
Oil Mill Lane. vii. Black smoke issuing from chimney
at Eton Laundry, Orchard Road, Starch Green, viii. Very
offensive odour supposed to come from piggeries at
Glover's Dairy Company's premises. ix. Bad smells
coming from the slaughterhouse at 247, Goldhawk Road,
x. Offensive smoke given out from furnace chimney at
the back of No. 16, Cumberland Park. xi. Noise from
steam-whistles from works of Messrs. Woodhouse and
Rawson, and Epstein Company, xii. A large deposit of
refuse on a piece of land near to the Hampstead Destructor,
College Park. xiii. Offensive effluvia from
brick burning in the neighbourhood of Wood Lane and
Frithville Gardens. xiv. Offensive effluvia from nonremoval
of manure in Hazlitt Mews. xv. Refuse deposited
in an excavation at the back of No. 7, Leysfield
Road, Starch Green, xvi. Offensive effluvia from tripeboiling,
&c., at 59 and 40, King Street, xvii. Offensive
effluvia from urinal at the north end of Angel Road.
xviii. Offensive effluvia from bone-boiling at premises on
the east of Old Oak Lane, in the parish of Acton.
xix. Black smoke emitted from the chimney of Messrs.
Shepherd's Corn Malting Works, south of Oil Mill Lane.