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Green's Cottages, Eccleston Street East, No. 2. A
nuisance from cesspools which have been abolished from
the adjoining premises.
Belgrave Street South, No. 2. Water has been supplied
to the closet.
Flask Lane, No. 10. A nuisance from dogs and cats,
which have been removed.
Roberts' Buildings, Nos. 9 and 10. Two common
privies with cesspools, no dust-pits, and gullies in the
yards untrapped, and a large quantity of rubbish. The
cesspools have been cleansed and filled up, new waterclosets
erected, and the houses drained jointly by pipe
drains into the sewer.
Spring Gardens, No. 3. Some rooms, with the staircase,
have been limewashed and cleansed.
Brewer Street, Pimlico, No. 10. Obstructed drains,
which rendered the yard filthy, have been cleansed.
Trellick Terrace, Vauxhall Road, No. 1. Sewage
leaking into the vault at the rear of the house, from No.
2, adjoining premises. The drains have been repaired.
Robert Street, Commercial Road South, Nos. 1 to 22.
A large quantity of dust and decomposed vegetable matter
has been removed from each house.
Grosvenor Row, Pimlico, No. 18. Dampness abated
in the parlour, where a person was ill with rheumatism.
House Refuse. The following is the substance of a
•letter which appeared in the Times on this subject from
Dr. Aldis, on November 9th, 1858. It was written in
consequence of the numerous complaints, some of which
are now repeated, regarding the manner in which it was
allowed to accumulate:—
"The irregular manner in which the dust is at present
removed, especially from the houses of the poorer classes,