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manure. An improvement has, however, taken place even here, the
ingredients are now mixed in a closed vessel (Nesbitt's Patent), not
in open troughs as formerly. The premises are too cramped for a
manufacture of this kind, and the shaft into which the gases are
carried is not above thirty feet high. The nuisances would be considerably
abated were the height of the shaft doubled.
The premises of Mr. Fisher, in Rotherhite-street, opposite Swanlane,
were pointed out to me on Saturday last, as emitting foul
effluvia. The mauufacture of Patent Manure has been carried on
there of late. I have twice visited the factory since the complaint.
During the last month, fifty-two deaths were registered in Rotherhithe.
The epidemic of measles, spoken of in my last report, is on
the decline. Eight children, however, have succumbed to that
malady.
Yours respectfully,
March, 1858. W. MURDOCH.
B. Batt, Printer, Post Office, Rotherbithe.