View report page

11
Trafalgar stables, there was no mistake about it during the
month of May, for it then yielded undiluted yellow sewage,
too offensive for washing carriages; and about this time an
obstructed sewer was discovered, leading from Nos. 5 and 6,
Adam's-mews, which was replaced by a pipe at the Parish
expense. The well was then pumped dry, and the water is
now clear; but the enormous quantity of 31. grains of organic
matter per gallon, shows that, even if cool and bright, it
must be a very suspicious kind of drink. We have cautioned
some of the neighbours, but there seems to be a kind of
rooted conviction that all water which comes out of a pump
must be good.
APPENDIX. No. II.
The following table refers to cases dealt with by the
Nuisances Removal Committee, during the quarter ending
April 2nd, 1864.
Houses reported by Medical Officers of Health
in consequence of illness or nuisance 57
Viz. for scarlet fever 15
diphtheria 4
typhus fever 15
measles 1
diarrhoea 1
small-pox 14
Houses and other premises reported by Inspector
65
Ditto by inhabitants 71
Total 193
NATURE OF NUISANCE COMPLAINED OF.
Drains obstructed or defective 52
Leakage of offensive water 7
Leakage of water 2