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Westminster police court, after which the house was cleansed,
the cesspool emptied, and a water-closet erected, with a
covered ash-pit.
No. 3, Robert Street, South-side, Commercial Road South.
The cellars were damp and contained a quantity of rubbish
with human excrement. The filth and rubbish have been
removed and the cellars lime-whited.
No. 12, Brewer Street. Obstructed drainage, which has
been remedied.
No. 10, Wallace's Yard. A quantity of garbage mixed
with the dung. The mass was covered with lime and taken
away the following morning.
No. 10, Grosvenor Street West. Leakage of sewage into
the bake-house from No. 9 and 11, adjoining premises. The
nuisance has been abated.
The Equitable Gas Works, Thames Bank. A large heap
of ashes, commonly called " breeze," extending about 8 feet
above the parting wall in the yard, behind some adjoining
houses, the occupiers of which could not open their windows
or doors lest particles of coke should be blown inside. The
whole mound has teen removed, and a promise made that
the cause of complaint shall not occur again.
No. 12, Gillingham Street. The closet, which had been
obstructed, was cleansed.
St. Barnabas' College. Bad smell in the dust-holes from
decomposed vegetable matter and house refuse. One of the
boys' water-closets obstructed. The rubbish and obstruction
in the closet have been removed, and the walls of the
dust-hole ordered to be lime-whited.
No. 45, St. Georges's Road. Drainage choked up, and
the basement flooded with stagnant water. This obstruction
was caused by the syphon in the front area being filled with
shavings, thrown down by workmen before the house was