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Bell Place, where there are several small houses unfit for human habitation,
and which belong to the Trustees of the Parish Estates; and 4th, the burial
ground of the old Whitechapel Workhouse
A complaint has again been made of the prolonged retention of the dead
body of a child in a room in Lambeth Street, occupied by a family of four
persons as a living and sleeping room When the complaint was made the
body of the child had remained nine days in the room, and it was uncertain
how much longer it would be kept unburied
Removal of Manure
The regular and periodical removal of manure from stables, cow-houses,
and laystalls has been repeatedly brought under the notice of your Board;
and although your Board has power, under the 53rd section of the Sanitary
Act, to issue notices for the periodical removal of manure and other offensive
matter, yet no steps have hitherto been taken to carry this clause into effect
All manure heaps should be removed at least three times every week The
95th clause of the Amended Metropolis Act gives you power to contract for
the periodical removal of manure, where the owner will give his consent; but
this clause has not been put in operation
Disinfection of Clothing, &c
The 23rd section of the Sanitary Act gives power to the Vestries and
District Boards to provide a proper place, with all necessary apparatus and
attendance, for the disinfection of clothing and bedding Although this
important clause has been more than once brought under the notice of the
Board, no steps have been taken to provide such a place When a suitable
disinfecting room has been provided, and furnished with a proper washing
and drying apparatus, and means of applying heat above 260 degrees, it will
be necessary to obtain a suitable covered vehicle to convey such articles as
may have been infected by small-pox, fever, cholera, and other contagious
diseases to the disinfecting room This is a most important clause, and it
ought to be carried into effect with as little delay as possible
Public Complaint Book
It is gratifying to me to be able to report that, during this quarter, not
a single entry of the existence of a nuisance has been entered in the Public
Complaint Book
Registration of Houses
The registration of houses let out in tenements is one of the most valuable
enactments in the last Sanitary Act, but unfortunately it was made
permissive and not compulsory; so that the several Yestries and district
Boards in London have used their discretion in either giving effect to it or
otherwise Your Board, after considerable discussion and several adjournments,
prepared a code of rules to be observed by the owners of such houses,
and these rules received the sanction of the Secretary of State on the 4th of
May last After these rules were printed, I brought under the notice of