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and I shall be happy to attend any parochial or other committees
which may be formed for sanatory purposes, and to give them my
best aid in furtherance of the objects for which they will be formed.
Connected with this my first subject that I have laid before you
for discussion, I am desirous of drawing your attention to some
gigantic nuisances existing in the Parish of St. Paul, Deptford,
and which I partially adverted to in the earlier part of my
Report, viz.:—
Addey-street.—In bad condition, from the want of hard road
materials and side gutters.
Slaughter-house-lane.—In very bad condition, requiring the
surface mud to be removed, the roadway to be covered with hard
road materials, and gutters to be made on each side.
Creek-street.—Mud and filth 12 inches deep in this street;
no gutters, and altogether in the worst possible condition: with an
open ditch, the receptacle of the privies and drains, and for all refuse
matter from the adjoining streets.
John-street.—In bad condition from the want of road materials
and gutters.
Ravensbourne-street, and the Open Space of Ground in Front.
—In the most filthy condition, from a vast accumulation of street
refuse, and being a reservoir for all the drainage from the south
side of John-street.
Sun-street.—In bad condition, and requiring road materials
and gutters.
Lime-street.—In the same condition.
Knott-strect.—From 10 to 12 inches deep in mud, which
requires removing, and then good road materials and gutters to be
laid down.
The Open Space between the Creek-road, St. Nicholas,
Deptford, and Mr. Wheen's Soap Factory, is the receptacle for
street refuse, and contains large pools of stagnant water.