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thirteen weeks of 1856, were 231, including 56 of nonparishioners.
Scarlatina and diphtherite destroyed 7, measles
4, and typhus 6 persons.
No. 5, Hanover Place.—In consequence of general
dirtiness of these premises, a notice under the " Nuisances'
Removal Act, 1855," was served on the occupier on the 23rd
June, and a second on the 16th July, 1857 ; but these were
disregarded, and on the 1st October the premises were in the
following condition. Outside dirty; windows broken; passages,
staircases, and yard most filthy; water supply cut off,
consequently, no water to closet; roof leaky, insomuch that
water penetrates through the floor of the third story into the
rooms beneath; the upper floor and the kitchen inhabited by
decent people; two other rooms tenanted by 10 most dirty
and squalid persons, destitute of furniture; these people pay
no rent, inasmuch as the occupier has absconded; the front
door is open all night, and the house a nuisance to the neighbourhood
in more ways than one.
It was certified to the Sanitary Committee that this house
was " so filthy and dilapidated as to be a nuisance and dangerous
to health," and it was advised that proceedings should
be taken under the 13th section of the " Nuisances' Removal
Act, 1855," in the hope that the owner or occupier might be
prohibited from using the house for a human habitation
until it should have been rendered fit for that purpose. The
peculiarity in the case was, that the occupier had absconded
in arrears of rent, and that the owner was willing to put the
premises into proper repair if he could obtain possession of
them.
The Committee directed application to be made to the
Magistrate at Marlborough Street, who, after hearing the
case, decided that the best way of removing the nuisance