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Trades' Nuisances.
Complaints have been made at the office of the Board of several nuisances
arising from the defective mode in carrying on certain businesses,
viz., the Refinery premises of Sir Anthony Rothschild, in Royal Mint Street,
the premises of Mrs. Flexon, Fellmonger, in Buxton Street, the Chemical
works of Messrs. Womersley and Son, in EInch Street, and the Malt-roasting
premises of Messrs. Walmsley, in Booth Street.
The nuisance arising from the Refinery premises of Sir Anthony
Rothschild has been more or less complained of by the inhabitants of the
neighbourhood during the last 13 years, and notwithstanding that the injurious
effects of the acid vapours which are given off from those premises
have been repeatedly brought under the notice of Sir A. Rothschild, yet the
nuisance is allowed to continue. Unfortunately for the neighbourhood proceedings
to obtain an abatement of the nuisance cannot be taken under the
provisions of the Nuisances' Removal Act. I am decidedly of opinion that
the nuisance can be prevented.
The nuisance from the premises of the Fellmonger has been complained
of in a memorial signed by 133 persons living in the vicinity of them, and
proceedings will be taken under the Nuisances' Removal Act to compel the
abatement of this nuisance.
The nuisance from the Chemical works in Finch Street was occasioned
by the escape of nitrous acid fumes, which produced great discomfort to the
neighbourhood. I wrote to Messrs. Womersley and Son upon the subject,
and since the date of my letter no further complaint has been made to me
respecting the nuisance.
As regards the nuisance arising from the malt-roasting premises of
Messrs. Walmsley, the complaints have been very numerous. On the llth
April a memorial was presented to the Board, signed by 20 of the men
employed in building a chemicai factory for Mr. Bishop, in Samuel Street,
Spitalfields, which is nearly opposite to the premises of Messrs. Walmsley,
complaining of this nuisance, by whom it was stated that the annoyance
caused by the smoke, and offensive smell from the roasting of the malt,
produced in them a nauseating and suffocating sensation; and that it interfered
with the enjoyment of their food. The memorialists urged the Board
to take measures to cause the nuisance to be abated. Another memorial,
signed by 68 of the inhabitants in the vicinity of the said premises, complaining
of the same nuisance, was presented to the Board on the 5th May.
In addition to these two memorials, several letters have been addressed to
the Board by gentlemen living in the neighbourhood, complaining of the
nuisance, and requesting the Board's interference in the matter. I have
called repeatedly upon the Messrs. Walmsley, and informed them of the
great inconvenience and suffering that their neighbours experienced from