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but, as the Medical Officer of Health found a very offensive
smell from house refuse in the cellar, the walls of which were
dirty and covered with bunches of earth worms, he ordered
the refuse to be removed, and the walls to be cleansed and
lime-whited.
No. 62, Lupus Street, Pimlico. Water-closet in the back
yard damp, dirty, and very offensive. The supply pipe has
been repaired, closet cleansed, and nuisance abated. The
smell arising from this closet is supposed to have caused the
illness of a gentleman residing next door.
No. 16, Brewer Street, Pimlico. The occupier was detected
in slaughtering four sheep without a licence. He
regretted that he had committed himself and promised not
to offend again. He was made to understand that, if the
offence was repeated, he would be summoned.
Plot of Waste Ground between Charlwood Street West
and Denbigh Place. While some workmen were engaged
in digging up the earth, they perceived a putrid smell, which
caused great annoyance to the inhabitants. It was found
to proceed from a quantity of Crimean stores in canisters,
58 in number, which had been buried there. It is supposed
that nails were driven into the canisters in packing, which
allowed air to enter, and caused putrefaction.
It may be mentioned as a coincidence, that the occupier
of the adjoining house, and the men exposed to the foul
emanations, were attacked with sore throat. The whole of the
canisters were removed before six o'clock the next morning,
in consequence of a threat that immediate steps would be
taken unless the nuisance was abated.
No. 24, Coleshill Street, Pimlico. A most offensive smell
at the lower part of the house, supposed to arise from the
drains. The executrices of the property called upon the
Medical Officer and promised to remedy the nuisance as soon