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his services are invited by inhabitants who have been suffering
from illness, and who gladly avail themselves of the interposition
of the Local Authority, in order to be relieved of their
grievances without expense and without litigation. All of
these houses had cesspools, or were suffering from bad drainage;
all had been remedied but No. 6, Maddox Street, the
owner of which desired delay. But after waiting many
months, the owner, or alleged owner, was summoned to
Marlborough Street on the 14th May; he denied ownership
and liability; nevertheless, promised that the work should
be done. So the case was adjourned till the 28th, when the
cesspool was reported to be abolished, and the summons was
dismissed. The result of such cases may be given in a line;
not so the many weary journeys, visits, broken promises, and
unkept appointments, which the Inspector puts up with
before resorting to law.
Avery Row, Nos. 13a, 17, and Factory adjoining. These
places have been reported before, as deficient in cleanliness
drainage and ventilation; and reiterated application to the
owner led to nothing but broken promises, till the Local
Authority desired that he should be summoned to Marlborough
Street. Then he set to work in good earnest. No. 17,
the place where three idiot youths live, has been furnished with
two new windows, a new water butt, water closet, and pipe
drainage, No. 13a, once a very unhealthy crowded house,
has received a new closet, and the skylight has been made to
open; and proper drainage and water supply have been
furnished to the factory; so that the summons, which was
twice adjourned, is withdrawn, and the costs paid.
Lancashire Court, No. 1, went just to the verge of a
summons, but has been repaired and cleansed from top to
bottom.
The following premises have been visited by the Inspector,