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7, Little Ebury Street, against the party wall. The
closet and pipes have been repaired.
Nell Gwynne Cottages, Grosvenor Row, Nos. 1, 2, 3,
and 4. The ceilings of the rooms were dirty, and
the roofs admitted rain. The ceilings have been limewashed,
the rooms cleansed, and the roofs put into proper
order.
Upper Ebury Street, No. 62. The back room on the
first floor is dirty, and out of repair. Dr. Aldis visited
a child which was suffering from dysentery. He found
it lying upon a narrow mattress placed on the floor,
with scarcely any covering, and there was no furniture in
the room. It appeared that the landlord was willing to
do anything that might be required, and to forego the
whole rent which was due, as soon as the family left the
room. He also said that the mother of the child told
a falsehood by stating that she possessed good furniture.
It proved to be one of those cases wherein the parent
obtained more money at home than by entering the
workhouse, where the child would have been properly
relieved.
Ebury Street, No. 66, Upper Denbigh Mews, and
O'Connor's Yard, West Street. A large quantity of
dung has been removed from these places.
Mr. Hatt's Cow-sheds, between Eccleston Street and
Ebury Street. The walls were dirty, and have been limewashed.
Messrs. Watlings' Yard, Charlotte Street, Pimlico. A
large quantity of blood and garbage mixed with dung in
the pit under the chapel window. The nuisance has been
removed, and the pit cleansed.
Ranelagh Street, No. 34. The house was infected