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operation before this monstrous nuisance can be removed, and
that covering it with brickwork would be too expensive for a
limited period. Now, five, or ten years may elapse before
the main drainage plan is in working order, then what is to
be done meanwhile ? Is South Belgravia to be polluted by
noxious gases, and no efforts made to counteract their noxious
influence? Dr. Aldis has proposed weather boarding, with
girders to form a roof, which would last ten years, as a substitute
for brickwork, and has been assured by Messrs.
Cutiiell and Keeble, that about 600 feet of the sewer,
enough to protect the neighbourhood, could be covered over
in this way, at a cost of only £250, and that the Executors
of the late Mr. William Cubitt are willing to subscribe
£100 towards so desirable an object.
C. J. B. Aldis, M.D.
R. Druitt.