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still remain closed as the landlord has not yet put them in a proper sanitary
condition.
By order of your Board I made a special report upon the sanitary condition
of Spitalfields Market, in which report I stated that the market was not
sufficiently drained, and that the pavement generally was very defective, and
that it was only cleansed three times a week. In the course of a few weeks
I hope to be able to report that the sanitary condition of the market has been
much improved.
The refinery premises of Sir A. Rothschild have again been complained
of to your Board. The nuisance arising from the escape of the acid fumes
from these premises is most annoying to some persons living in the vicinity
of the works. These acid vapours are not only injurious to health but they
are destructive to clothes. Specimens of clothes, showing the destructive
agency of these vapours, have been submitted to me, and I can speak personally
of their injurious effects upon respiration. As this nuisance can by proper care
be effectually prevented, it is most earnestly to be desired that Sir A.
Rothschild will cause such improvements to be effected in the mode of
carrying on this business, that complaints from the neighbourhood may entirely
cease.
I am,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN LIDDLE.
15, Great Alie Street.
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