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agreeable to the taste and smell, and therefore, presumably,
the wholesomest; and there was no doubt also that
the only loaf which was unpleasant to taste and smell,
was one of the cheapest, although it is not pretended,
that it would have been prejudicial to a sound stomach.
These chemical determinations, and other examinations,
which the writer had made before and since, have
convinced him that the bread sold in the parish is substantially
good; and that in judging of bread as well as
of meat, milk, butter, and beer, the common senses not
only are quite adequate tests for all ordinary purposes, but
that they reveal conditions of quality which the microscope
and test tube cannot take cognizance of.
Blomfield Buildings. This, which is a model house,
has never been so healthy as the other model house in
Grosvenor Mews. The position is worse, the ventilation
less, it is exposed to noxious fumes from a never-thoroughly-emptied
dung-pit of Sadler's; and through some
defect in the water apparatus, the inmates were always
deprived of water on Sundays, and the drainage arrangements
became offensive in consequence. After some correspondence
with the Grand Junction Company, who
shewed that the quantity supplied was ample under better
management, the owner of these buildings was induced
by the Medical Officer of Health to put new closets,
taps, &c., by which waste has been mitigated, and a comfortable
and wholesome supply of water maintained, even
on Sundays.
Whitehorse Yard. The pavement which had become
dilapidated, permitting pools of water to stagnate, has
been repaired; and a better supply of water obtained for
the cottages and stables in the yard.
Brown Street, No. 16. This is a house which has
b