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say that the nuisance is increased in intensity. Still, the inhabitants,
although continually complaining to the Officers of the Board, seem
reluctant to memorialize the Board upon the subject. If they were to do
so, the nuisance would soon be suppressed.
The re-burning of animal charcoal in some of the factories is a
great nuisance, and it has, upon several occasions, been publicly complained
of. I am sorry to be compelled to record the fact that another
sugar refiner has adopted the plan of re-burning the animal charcoal
in a similar manner to that which has been so much complained of;
nevertheless, I have the satisfaction of stating that the gentleman, to
whom the premises belong, has, at my suggestion, promised to adopt
such means as will, most probably, abolish the nuisance.
Mr. Sequeika, a most painstaking and industrious Medical Officer
of the Union, who had under his care, in 1867, no less than 6,323 sick.
paupers, has directed my attention to a subject of great importance as
affecting the health of a large class of labourers "employed in certain
warehouses in the docks and elsewhere in the District, in which dry
goods are stored, especially tea, hemp, jute, indigo, and seeds."
Mr. Sequiera says that the irritating dust arising in these warehouses
is a source of great suffering and mischief to the men employed therein,
producing severe forms of affections of the lungs. Perhaps, my having
called public attention to this subject in the present Beport, will be
sufficient to induce the dock proprietors and others to adopt such
remedial means as will mitigate the sufferings of the men employed
therein, either by fixing a fan or other mechanical contrivance, to drive
the dust, which arises from the sorting or moving these dry goods, out of
the building.
COW HOUSES.
All the cow houses in the District (23 in number) have been twice
inspected during the Quarter. From the reports of the Inspectors, it
appears that the undermentioned proprietors have not conducted their
businesses in a satisfactory manner, viz.:—
George Ayres, Gower's Walk; Isaac Sole, Back Church Lane; Fredk.
Brown, Old Montague Street; John Davis, Black Lion Yard; Edward
Forster, Pelham Street; Ann James, Spital Street; Thomas Williams,
White's Bow, Spitalfields; Edward Benyon, Bell Lane; Daniel Barker,
Saw Yard; Bobert May, White Lion Street; Griffith Jones, Royal Mint
Street; and W. G. Le Beau, Boyal Mint Street.
George Ayres had upon his premises 12 cows, the number allowed by
the Board being only 7. Isaac Sole had 34 cows instead of 32, the
number allowed. Frederick Brown had 9 instead of 7. John Davis had
25 instead of 24. E. Forster had 20 instead of 14. Ann James had 10
instead of 7, Edward Banyon had 15 instead of 14. Thomas Williams