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drainage is in a defective state, and the smell most offensive
in No. 33, from the drainage of the other two houses passing
through it. The drain is constructed of brick, and infested
with rats. New pipe drains have been laid down.
Cambridge Street, Pimlico, No. 21. The drains were
choked throughout the house, and offensive matter oozed
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through the gullies. A notice was served on February 17th,
since when the drains have been properly cleansed into the
sewer, and the nuisance abated.
Chesliam Place, No. 24. A bad smell from the drawing
room, supposed to come from the drains, which were tested,
and proved to be in perfect order. The distemper on the
walls was also suspected to have caused the nuisance ;
ventilators were recommended to be fixed to allow the
admission of air under the floor.
St. George's Row, No. 30. The drains were choked up,
the pan of the closet broken, no dust-pit, no cover to the
water-butt, smell most offensive.
A notice was served on March 18th. A new watercloset
has been erected, also a dust-pit, and the gully has
been trapped.
Princes Row, Pimlico, No. 9. Bad smell, caused by the
defective state of the drains, which are constructed of bricks,
and full of rat holes. A notice was served on March 17th,
since when the drains have deen cleansed and repaired, and
the nuisance abated.
Upper Belgrave Terrace, No. 10. Two large cesspools, one
in the front area, the other in the back yard, and the house
without drainage. The cesspools have been emptied and
filled up, and the premises drained by 6-inch pipe drains into
the sewer.
Bloomfield Place, Pimlico, Nos. 7 and 8. These premises