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This discolouration was attributable to the fall of rain which,
on Thursday, October 22nd, amounted to the enormous quantity
of 2*57 inches. An analysis of the water taken from
the above place before bathing commenced on Tuesday, October
27, 1857, gave the following results:—
Organic inpurity, 2 '96,
Inorganic impurity, 15 '20.
Another specimen, taken from the main in Chapel-street,
Belgrave-square, on the same day, produced—
Organic impurity, 2*24,
Inorganic impurity, 16*16 ;
so, notwithstanding its bad appearance, the quality of the
water was better, in reference to the quantity of organic
matter, than that in the former analysis of October 1856.
Complaints were often made that stables in Bclgravia,
perhaps containing several stud of horses, have been without
any drainage or ventilation. One stable containing 27,
another 54, and a third 90 horses, all belonging to the same
Company, were in the condition just described. The ostlers
on opening them in the morning have suffered so much from
nausea and headache, owing to the foul state of the atmosphere
contained within, as to have no appetite for breakfast.
The litter also, in such cases, becomes so saturated with filth
from neglect of drainage, that when accumulated in the dung
pits, it occasions a great nuisance in the neighbourhood.
The walls also are damp, rendering these places very unwholesome
for habitation.
The dung removed from the Omnibus yards was intolerably
offensive from being kept too long, and when
disturbed, the smell became unbearable to passers by, or
persons residing in the vicinity. Notices, in these and other
instances of a like nature, have been served to remedy the