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Nos. 11,12,13,14, 15, and 16, JEcckston-street, East.—
This is an example of combined drainage, there being only
one drain for all the houses, which runs behind, and drains
from No. 16 to No. 11. There was a cesspool in the yard
of No. 11, which has been emptied and filled up. The old
brick drain has been broken up, and a new nine-inch pipe
drain laid down in the yards of Nos. 11,12, and 13, and a
six-inch pipe drain in those of Nos. 14, 15, and 16.
No. 20, Shaftesbury-crescent.—Dr. Aldis having received
a memorial signed by several inhabitants of this place, complaining
of the cow-yard behind, inspected the yard, and found
it to be clean and well drained. But the successor to the
late occupier, who was permitted to keep only 40 cows, was
constructing new stalls with the view of increasing the number
of cows to 60. Moreover, he had erected a workshop
over the sheds, and had inserted windows overlooking the
yards at the back of Shaftesbury-crescent. The Nuisances
Removal Committee recommended the windows to be
abolished, and a copy of a letter, written by Mr. Thrupp,
the magistrate, who had kindly visited the premises, was
sent to the occupier. It intimated that he incurred the risk
of losing his license if the number of cows were increased.
The cows have since been removed by the owner.
No. 11, Princes-row West, Pimlico.—This was a melancholy
instance of the way in which some persons reduce
themselves to the lowest depth of degradation through drinking.
Dr. Aldis was requested to see a patient here of the St.
Paul and St. Barnabas' Dispensary. On his arrival he found a
woman lying on some rags on the floor in a state of delirium
tremens. Her chest was covered with bruises, which arose
from a fall through intoxication one night, while returning
from Chelsea after receiving some money for nursing. It
appeared that she slept in this den with a man and his wife.
She was taken to the Workhouse, Mount-street, where she