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Oxford Street, No. 314. Effluvia from College of
Chemistry.
Carrington Mews, No. 1.
North Bruton Mews, No. 18.
Roman Catholic School, Davies Mews.
Curzon Street, No. 34.
North Audley Street, No. 39. A poor family put in
to take care of the house when empty, made ill, as is
often the case, by want of ventilation.
Mount Street, No. 87. Bad ventilation, neglect of
cleanliness, and accumulation of rubbish.
Dolphin Court. Houses badly ventilated.
Chapel Street, May Fair, No. 8. Badly-drained and
ventilated.
Providence Court, No. 2. Leakage of sewage.
Upper Grosvenor Street, No. 8. Leakage from stables
behind.
Grosvenor Street, No. 24. An overfull dust-heap.
Arlington Street, No. 14. Ill-trapped drains.
Piccadilly, No. 71. Accumulation of rubbish in vaults.
Clarges Street, No. 26. Damp and dirty.
Hertford Stables, Brick Street, and Evans's, Brook
Street. Dung-pit nuisances.
The Piccadilly Flood. On Friday, the 20th May, a
heavy storm fell, and in consequence some of the houses
in the lower part of Piccadilly, and in Hertford Place,
were invaded by an overflow from the adjoining sewer,
but to no serious extent.
On Sunday, the 12th June, between twelve and one at
noon, another more heavy storm occurred, which produced
an amount of misery and destruction not to be
imagined but by those who witnessed it. Every house in
Piccadilly from No. 98 to No. 115 inclusive, all the ten