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introduction into the main sewer of the products of gas
manufacture; the fur-dyeing factory nuisance; brickburning
and other causes of nuisance at the Osiers,
Riverbank; several piggeries, &c., &c.
Altogether, the accomplishment of a vast amount of
sanitary work has been effected during the past year by
the Sanitary Inspectors, whose zeal and assiduity in the
performance of their important duties are deserving of
highly favorable comment. The result of such work has
been productive of a great amelioration in the sanitary
condition of the sub-district, and such improvement
would be greatly extended by the accomplishment, inter
alia, of the suppression of piggeries within the precincts
of the town; the prevention of aerial pollution from
sewer-gases by the employment of an abundant supply
of water for drainage purposes; and by the prompt and
systematic removal of house refuse (by means of portable
utensils),—measures long advocated in these Reports.
(See Reports, 1878, page 66; 1866, page 17; and 1856,
page 24.)
GEORGE EDWARD NICHOLAS, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth.