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Curzon-street, No. 43. An offensive common privy in
front vault, and decayed drains leaking into No. 44.
Park-street, No. 26. A stoppage of drains occasioned
by the carelessness of occupiers. Remedied by Inspector.
South-street, No. 4. In December 1856, and January
1857, complaints were investigated respecting the drains
of this house. By the side of the house is a passage,
leading to North-terrace. The cellar of No. 4, Southstreet
runs under this passage, and under the cellar runs a
drain; taking the drainage of the four houses and of a
gully in North-terrace, and of No. 4, South-street, to join
the sewer in South-street. At that time the Committee
of Works thought the owner of No. 4 South-street
liable for the repairs of this drain, and recommended him
to repair it, and no further steps were taken. Now, in
May 1861, fresh complaints were made by the occupier;
the condition of things was reported by the Medical
Officers of Health to be very unwholesome and demand
remedy, and after much investigation of an intricate
question of rights, the Committee of Works did the
repairs at the parish expense.
"Greyhound" Public House, Brick-street. Two cases of
severe choleraic diarrhoea, early in June. Complaints of
effluvia entering back windows. Mr. Grant procured a
cleansing of offensive closets in yard.
Mount-street, No. 8. Leakage into basement, from defective
drain of No. 9.
South Bruton-mews, No. 6. Wine-merchant's vaults
underneath, damaged by defective state of drains above.
Brown-street, No. 9. Drains imperfect. House to
undergo thorough repair.
Robert-street, No. 17. Fever. Offensive effluvia from
decayed closet. New closet and lime-whiting.