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arose from the flaps belonging to the sewer being open,
which has been remedied.
Erin Cottages, Nos. 1, 2, and 3. This was a very dangerous
nuisance caused by an overflow of sewage. Two
grown-up persons and a child were taken ill, one with
symptoms of cholera. A brick drain passes through
No. 2, which receives the drainage of the three houses.
The drains were in a defective condition. When Dr.
Aldis and the Inspector of Nuisances visited the premises,
the danger to the health of the occupiers was
so imminent, that the former wrote a letter to the
owner, requesting his immediate attention to the unhealthy
state of the drains, otherwise proceedings would
be taken, and he would be held responsible for the
result. Workmen were sent in forthwith, and new pipe
drains laid down, which were connected with the sewer.
The old brick drains have been cleansed and broken up,
closets trapped, water laid on to No. 3, a new covered
dust-pit erected to each house, and the lower part of
each cleansed.
Unenclosed Ground behind Wallace's Hotel. This place,
being used for indecent purposes, is particularly objectionable,
on account of the vicinity of the girls' school
belonging to St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The owner
is willing to put a railing round it. The urinal
formerly open to the public at Wallace's Hotel, is now
locked up, which accounts in some measure for the present
annoyance.
Back of St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. One corner
used for the calls of nature—neither closet, drainage, nor
water. A notice was served on August 4, since when
the rubbish has been removed, a new water-closet and
dust-pit erected, and the closet properly drained.
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