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doctor, had too hastily signed. It appeared, however, to the
Medical Officer of Health, that it was his duty to cause
all sources of unwholesome air to he removed, and the
ventilation to be improved, but not to interfere in any
other way.
Davies Street, Nos. 42 and 43. A case of small-pox
occurred in the latter house. In the former, the drains
were so absolutely decayed and broken down, that no
solid sewage could have passed through them for years,
and a vast quantity of water must have leaked out of
them into the gravel, and the next house was annoyed by
effluvia.
Anderson''s Stable-yard adjoining No. 10, Brick Street.
Here pigs were kept. A case of small-pox in a child, and
a case of ague in the mother, last autumn. The pigs and
a common privy have been removed.
Brick Street, No. 10, 11, and 12. Here common
privies have been removed and water-closets substituted.
Queen Street, Oxford Street, No. 17. Here there was
fever, and a kitchen made filthy by the inmates. They
have been turned out, and the place cleansed. The back
yard is roofed in with glass, so as to interfere with the
ventilation of the back part of the house, and of a cottage
in the yard.
Thomas Street, No. 40 and 41. In consequence of a
case of small-pox in the latter house, and complaints of
offensive effluvia, new pipe drains have been laid down in
the front area, and the inlets trapped.
Mount Street, No. 52. Death from scarlet fever ; some
apartments dirty and drainage suspicious.
Ditto, No. 84. Scarlet fever. The infected apartments
have been cleansed.
Park Lane, No. 6. Here a lamentable death from