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slept in the front parlour, including the father, mother, a
girl aged 17, and a youth of 16."
One of the owners attended the meeting of the Committee,
and has since remedied the evils.
Nos. 1 to 7, Ebury place, Ebury-square.—Each house has
been whitewashed and cleansed throughout and repaired, the
yards and water-closets limewashed, the water-butts cleansed
and new dust-pits erected.
Nos. 8 to 12, Gray's Inn-place, Hindon-street, Pimlico.—
Each house has been properly whitewashed and cleansed
throughout, the yards newly paved, the water closets and
washouses with the dust-pits repaired, and the sinks trapped;
the fore-court also paved, and the washhouses, water-closets,
and yards limewashed.
Nos. 1 to 10, Robert-street, Pimlico, (North Side).—
These houses have been whitewashed and cleansed; the yards,
water-closets, and wash-houses limewashed, the water-closets
and dust-pits repaired, the sinks trapped, and the paving in
the yards repaired.
No. 25a, Elizabeth-street, Eaton-square.—This was a
case of combined (lrinage, the drains being connected with
those of No. 60, Ebury-street, which were made of brick and
were defective. They have been broken up and pipe ones
laid down, and the basement whitewashed.
No. 12, Boyd's-gardens, and the Stable-yard No. 5, Halkinplace.—Proceedings
were taken in these cases against the
owners, by order of the Committee, to remedy the overcrowding
in the former one, and to repair the yard in the
latter. The owners appeared before Mr. Arnold on November
30th, at the Westminster Police Court, when your Medical
Officer and Mr. Grant also attended. The costs were paid, and
the overcrowding had been abated, while the question of the
stable-yard ended in the same satisfactory manner.