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West.—Numerous complaints have been made of this yard
on account of accumulations of dung, which greatly annoy
some of the inhabitants in Halkin-street West and Lowndesstreet.
The yard was frequently visited by the Inspector of
Nuisances and the Medical Officer of Health, who complained
to the Nuisances Removal Committee of the uneven state of
the pavement, allowing water to stagnate and become offensive.
The yard has been repaired in some parts.
No. 1, Elizabeth-street South.—A new water-closet has
been erected, the privy with the brick drains abolished, and
new pipe drains laid down.
Upper Denbigh Mews.—Many complaints were made
that the dung was not properly removed, the paving again
out of repair, the yard not swept properly, the water-closets
often obstructed, and the cisterns over them defective. These
evils have been remedied, and the dung is more frequently
removed.
No. 2, Union-street, Pimlico.—Cholera occurred here to
a woman, who fortunately recovered. Complaints were made
of effluvia from a tripe shop, and of over crowding; but these
complaints were unfounded, and the house was very clean. A
nuisance, however, was detected by the Medical Officer, arising
from the making of portable manure on the roof of a stable
in the cow-yard behind Union-street, which unhealthy practice
was stopped, and the cow-sheds have been converted into
stables.
Harfs-yard, West-bourne-street.—A death from cholera
occurred here. The infected rooms have been whitewashed
and cleansed. The patient, a man, is said to have committed
some excess in eating and drinking the night before his
death.
Haft's Cow Yard, Brewer-street, Pimlico.—So many complaints
had been made by the inhabitants during the past
year of the effluvia and of neglect in the removal of refuse