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bassador's, and was extremely dilapidated. The sink in the
kitchen at No. 11 was overflowing, and the walls damp, producing
such a smell as to prevent the servants from eating their
meals below stairs. There was also a cesspool behind the
Queen's Head public house. The drain had fallen in in some
places, and was obstructed by an accumulation of crockery,
broken bottles,'saucepans, pieces of wood, and stones, which had,
no doubt, been thrown down the open privies at Nos. 15, 15a,
16, and the public house above mentioned. Some of the leases
terminate in twelve years, when it is expected the houses will
be taken down. The evils were remedied by the parish authorities
at the expense of £1 8s. 9d. per house.
No. 12, Park Side, Knightsbridge. — Common privy, gully
untrapped, and no ash-pit. A new closet has been erected and
connected with the sewer, gully trapped, and ash-pit provided.
Nos. 15 and 15a, Park Side, Knightsbridge.—Common
. privies and gullies untrapped. Work in progress.
No. 16, Park Side, Knightsbridge.—Common privy, sink
choked and smell offensive. Work in progress.
No. 20, Park Side, Knightsbridge.—Queen's Head. Two
common privies in the back yard, and a large cesspool, smell
offensive. The cesspool has been done away with, one new
water closet ha3 been erected, with a water supply, and the
drainage connected with the sewer.
No. 2, Park Side, Knightsbridge.—A large cesspool in the
kitchen, and the water closet in a defective state. Work under
consideration.
No. 29, Upper JEbvry Street.—Drainage from the water