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the escape of some of the most important constituents, especially
ammonia and phosphates.
I trust, gentlemen, you will give me credit for having treated
this important subject dispassionately and with some care, and that
my suggestions will in the main, if not in all their details, meet with
your approval.
I have the honor to remain,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
THOMAS HILLIER, M.D., Lond.,
Medical Officer of Health.
21, Upper Gower Street,
June 9th, 1857.
That your Committee having heard the above Report read,
recommend that the following letter be sent to each Cowkeeper in
the Parish, viz.:—
St Pancras, Middlesex,
Vestry Offices, Pancras Road,
1857.
Sib,
This Vestry having received constant complaints of
the condition of the cow-houses in the Parish and believing
that their present state is very prejudicial to the health of the
community, after consideration of the subject, have come to the
conclusion that these establishments require a very complete
reform, and can only be tolerated under the following conditions :
That every cow-house be well paved and properly
sloped to the foot of the stalls, so as to lead into a channel
with a sufficient fall towards a trapped gulley.
That every cow-house be provided with a good trapped
drain for the entrance of fluid matter only into the sewer.
That every cow-house be furnished with an adequate
supply of water.
That every cow-house be properly lighted and ventilated.
That every yard adjoining a cow-house be well paved, and
so sloped towards the channels and trapped gulley as to
permit fluid refuse quickly to escape into die sewer. That