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of the Lime-kiln Dock sewer were excluded, I think there would be much
left in the simple position of Mr. Moon's house in relation to the dock, the
river, and the outlet of the sewer, to expose his family to sickness and annoyance,
and his goods to injury.
It must be observed that the part of the Lime-kiln Dock sewer in question
contains very little soil, it does not pass through a very populous district,
and that at Bull Lane is a gate which cuts off communication with the general
system of drainage from that point.
Thus it will be seen that the nuisance originated in one district, is dispersed
or extended in a second, to the great annoyance of a third.
The inhabitants of the Limehouse district, or that portion of them who
reside near the course of the sewer, suffer to the greatest extent, and are
the most numerous of the complainants. The sewer is directly contaminated
by the pumping in the Tower Hamlets' Cemetery, and the soil is rendered
offensive by the improper exposure of wet lime, blue billy, and other refuse,
upon the land within the enclosure of the Great Central Gas Company's
premises.
It does not appear at all clear that the Great Central Gas Company and
the Tower Hamlets' Cemetery are the sole offenders. The Sewer goes
through the part of Bow Common where the greater number of the offensive
trades of that place are carried on, and they may all or many of them
contribute, according to the nature of their manufacture somewhat, towards
the nuisance.
I have endeavoured thus to put the Committee in possession of as much
information as I could obtain on the subject. It appears to me that the
matter would be best dealt with by a conference with a deputation of
Vestrymen, or Members of the District Board, from each of the other
interested Districts.
I am quite unable to suggest any remedy for abatement of the Nuisance,
as it exists in our Hamlet, short of requiring the Tower Hamlets' Cemetery
Company to desist from pumping, but if compelled to do so they could no
longer continue their interments.
To revert particularly to the Letter of the Poplar Board of Works. The
examination of the sewer in our Hamlet has been made by your Surveyor,
and the feeling of the Vestry on the subject will doubtless be ascertained
upon the presentation of the Report from this Committee.
A deputation from the Limehouse and Poplar Board of
"Works was accordingly invited to meet the Committee, to
whom the matter was, in the usual course of business, referred.
The Medical Officers of the three Districts were subsequently