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cleanly condition; of the 19 Slaughter-houses, only 14
were re-licensed by the Magistrates, as the licenses were
not applied for in 3 cases, and in two others the Metropolitan
Board of Works successfully opposed the renewal of
the licenses, because they were not constructed in accordance
with the Bye-laws which the Board are empowered
to enforce.
The bad smells in Piccadilly and in Knightsbridge
were complained of during the summer, but not to the
same extent as in the preceding year; I may add that
Piccadilly has since been paved with wood, and that no
smells along it have been complained of since, or perceived
by me or by the Sanitary Inspectors; this fact, I think,
quite justifies the statement in my last Annual Report
that the Piccadilly Sewer was not in fault, as was very
generally supposed to be the case, but that the smells
arose from the uncleanly condition of the roadway.
The water supplied by the Grand Junction and
Chelsea Water Companies was analysed from time to
time, and found to be of average purity, except at the
beginning of the year and in the month of November,
when the filtration was inefficient on account of the heavy
floods in the river.
The common gas supplied by the London Gas
Company has been examined by me from time to time at
their testing room, and has always been found to be above
the required standard of illuminating power, to contain
occasionally faint traces of Ammonia and to be free from
Sulphuretted Hydrogen.
For the information of the parishioners, I may mention
that a hospital carriage for removing persons suffering