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No. 2, Albert Street, Victoria Square.— The water supplied
smells and tastes offensively. The cistern was very
dirty and required to be properly cleansed; when this was
effected the water was found to be good, showing the necessity
of attention to the state of the water receptacles.
No. 27, Caroline Street.—Offensive smell in the house,
coming from the adjoining premises No. 28, where there
was a cesspool.
Caroline Mews, Caroline Street. — Drainage obstructed
and overflowing.
Passage behind Nos. 97 and 98, Westbourne Street.—
Drainage stopped up, paving out of repair, a quantity of
stagnant water, smell offensive, and no water supply to the
closet at No. 97.
Yard behind the Chapel in Charlotte Street.—A large
quantity of dung in three places. It was taken away, and
a notice served for a daily removal.
No. 39, Queen Street.—A cesspool, and no ash-pit.
No. 40, Queen Street.—Drains choked up, and no cover
to ash-pit.
It was mentioned in the last quarterly report, that a
portion of Ebury Mews, in Belgravia, had no sewer; but
since that time a 12-inch pipe has been very properly laid
down by the landlord and vestry, extending from No. 4, to
the sewer in Elizabeth Street, a distance of 140 feet. No
wonder the stable smelt most offensively, for three loads of
night soil have been taken from the cesspool, the gully of
which had no trap; and as there was a common privy and
no drainage for the horses, it is still less surprising that
fever existed in such a hotbed for creating pestilence.
The Medical Officers of Health have frequently alluded