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give a permanent smell to some parts of the street, and when the
mixing goes on, the action of the sulphuric acid upon the animal
and vegetable matter gives out a stench, which has occasioned
headache, nausea, vomiting and cough to some of the inmates
of the houses adjacent to the factories. I have made many
visits to these places during the past month, and hvae found no
reason to alter the opinion, which I have always hitherto expressed
to this Board, in many of my previous reports; i.e.,
that the making of patent manure in open troughs is always a
nuisance, and ought not to be allowed in a crowded neighbourhood.
The only remedy then for the present state of things, appears
to be the following; either to take legal proceedings against
each manufacturer, individually, for the suppression of the
nuisance, or to force hiin to conduct his operations in closed
vessels, and to carry the gases evolved in mixing, through a
fire and up a shaft, that they may be thoroughly decomposed
before escaping into the atmosphere. I should mention that
some of the patent manure manufacturers make sulphuric acid
on the premises.
The only case of imperfect drainage mentioned in the Agenda
Paper, which requires particular notice, is that of the houses 3
and 4, Goldsworthy-terrace. These two houses have a cesspool
in common. At No. 4, there is pan and water supply, at No. 3,
a privy without either. Now, it so happens, that the cesspool
has no outlet, and fills with the water let off at No. 4, and No. 3
lying rather lower than No. 4, the yard of the former is often
inundated. The remedy is obvious, to connect the cesspool with
the nearest drain.
The Dodds-place ditch is in a filthy state ; when cast during
the last month, the effluvium arising from it caused great annoyance
to the neighbourhood. Much benefit would accrue,
were this ditch oftener flushed with water than it has been of late.
The Railway arches have again been objects of my attention.
On the 30th June about one o'clock p.m., the unpleasant smell
of the vapour of linseed oil extended for a considerable distance
round the arches occupied by Messrs. Pullinger and Rattenbury.
On application for admission to the premises, it was refused to
the Inspector and myself. Admission was also refused at the arch
501. I have every reason to believe that the arch 501 is either
a factory for patent manure, or a warehouse for its ingredients.
An overpowering stench was perceived in and about the
Tunnel-square, on the morning of Wednesday, the 24th June.
It seemed to come from the north-east, and was referred by
many to the Gas Works. I therefore made it my business to
visit those works repeatedly, and to spend some hours on the