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ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS.
Harrow Alley and Stoney Lane.
Periodical inspections of these Dwellings have been made, and the cleansing
of the interiors of a large number of rooms is now in progress.
The walls and ceilings of the staircases, sculleries and water-closets have
been cleansed during the past year.
SANITARY DEFECTS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
All premises where infectious disease was notified were inspected with
reference to drainage, soil and waste pipes, water-closets, water supply,
ventilation, &c., and of the 112 cases, it has been necessary to entirely
reconstruct the sanitary system in 11 instances ; and amendments have
been made to soil and waste pipes and W.C.'s in 31 cases. One room has
been ventilated, and in every case the cistern has been cleansed.
PAUL'S ALLEY.
Neglect of Sanitary Work.
The occupier of these premises was summoned at Guildhall Police Court.
The case was adjourned for him to comply with the Notice. After further
adjournment this was done, and a new connection made to sewer, new drain
laid, new W.C. fixed, and water laid on.
ROYAL EXCHANGE.
Complaints having been received of the sanitary arrangements, a systematic
inspection was made of the building and the drains tested. Defects were
found in nearly all the shops, and it was ascertained that the brick drain
which runs round the Exchange was in an unsound condition. As there is
considerable difficulty in putting in a separate drain for each shop, and as the
ventilating pipes would disfigure the building, a combined system has been
proposed by the Surveyor to the Gresham Committee, which appears to meet
the necessities of the case.
It is proposed in the new scheme to make special provision for water-closet
accommodation for the women employed in the building.
LLOYD'S.
Several complaints having been made of the want of efficient ventilation to
the underwriters' room, a number of visits and experiments were carried out,
and as a result the Committee of Lloyd's installed an entirely new system of
mechanical ventilation which, up to the present, appears to have acted
satisfactorily.