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casks, and removed, after a few days, from the premises, before decomposition
took place. The casks should be removed in bulk without disturbiug
their contents. Chloride of lime should be freely used, and the greatest possible
cleanliness observed. The walls of the apartment in which the materials likely to
become offensive are stored should be frequently limewhited, and no greater quantity
of such materials should at any time be kept on the premises than is absolutely
necessary for the carrying on of the business. A nuisance occasioned by the storing
of a large quantity of German cheese (a cheese emitting a very offensive smell) in a
cellar belonging to the proprietor of a chandler's shop, in Commercial Street, was
made a subject of complaint. I visited the premises in question, and directed that
only one box should be opened at a time, and that those not in use be kept excluded
from the air, the walls to be limewhited, chloride of lime to be freely used, and the
greatest possible cleanliness observed.
Whilst on the subject of trades-nuisances, I may mention that a memorial,
signed by several of the parishioners in Trinity, Minories, was presented to your
Board, in which memorial it was stated that considerable danger to life and property
was apprehended from there being stored in certain premises, in Sheppy Yard, a large
quantity of methylated spirit (a compound of spirits of wine of not less degree of
strength than 50 per cent. and wood naphtha, or methylic alcohol, in the proportion of
nine of the former to one of the latter). In consequence of this memorial, your
Board instituted proceedings against the proprietors of the premises in question ; on
those proceedings, a penalty of £5 was inflicted upon the defendants, the magistrates
being of opinion that the business was of a dangerous character.
As to the work done in promotion of sanitary improvements in the district,
I have to report that the Inspectors have visited, in the form of a house to house
visitation, 455 houses, making a total visited up to the present time of 6,234. Many
more than the number above specified have been visited, although not in the same
systematic manner, and the same house has in several instances been visited four or
five times, in consequence of the recurrence of a nuisance; in short, there are many
places which require the almost constant supervision of the Inspectors. The full
details of the sanitary work done by the Inspectors will be seen on referring to the
Tables 1, 2, and 10 in the Appendix,
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN LIDDLE.
15, Great Alie Street,
19th July, 1860.