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It is sufficiently evident that the duties of the Vestry
have been and will continue to be increased in immediate
relation to the public health.
Gas.
I have, at frequent intervals, tested the illuminating
power of the gas supplied to the Hamlet by the Commercial
Gas Company, this, however, has invariably
exceeded the power required by the Act of Parliament,
and varying from fourteen to sixteen candles. As to
its chemical purity, the inadequate means placed at my
command for testing it show, it to be of average quality.
Manufacturing Nuisances.
Of these malt roasting, blood baking, gas manufacturing,
and grain drying, are the most prominent, and my
attention has been called by complaints of inhabitants
to all; of the first, the proprietor evinces a desire to
satisfy the requirements of the Sanitary Committee—
who have several times visited the premises—by adopting
measures to suppress the nuisance arising therefrom,
and as such a result can be obtained, it will, no doubt,
be accomplished : with regard to the second, situate at
Bow Common, much has been done in mitigation, at
considerable cost, but more remains to be, and can be,
accomplished; with regard to the third, I, upon complaint
of unusually offensive smells arising from the gas
works, visited the premises of the Commercial Gas
Company, but, after a lengthened investigation, could
not discover, at the time of my visit, any probable cause
of anything exceptionally offensive in excess of that
which usually arises from similar works; with regard to
the last, "grain drying," extensive and costly