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I was also instructed to make the following special
reports:—
I. The ssiate of Larch Bead.—This ioad is not a parish
road, and when I inspected it. had the appearance and
characteristics of undedicated roads generally, was in a
rough state and badly kept, though not in itself unhealthy.
In the adjoining ground on the north side and close
to the end of a terrace of houses, there was a shallow
pond of stagnant water, and on the ground adjacent
some loads of house-refuse. As a sanitary precaution
the water was drained off, and further deposit of houserefuse
prevented.
II.—On the 7th of June I inspected with Mr. Barber,
the Surveyor, the site of Mr. James Curtis' proposed catgut
factory at Field View, Totterdown, Tooting. Having regard
to its position within fifty yards of the High Street,
Tooting. its proximity to a number of small houses and
some workshops, I thought it undesirable to establish such
a business, so liable to become a nuisance, in such a neighbourhood,
and reported accordingly. The Board consequently
objected to the proposed factory. I attended
the Metropolitan Board of Works when the case came on
for hearing. The application was refused.
III. Condition of Cottages in Barrow Road.—In consequence
of the outbreak of Small-pox in October, and
to determine their fitness for human habitation, I inspected
these cottages. There was no nuisance in any of
them, and in four only slight defects in water supply
apparatus. The houses were in a very fair sanitary
condition, and quite fit for human habitation.