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habitation. It was therefore, in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health,
absolutely necessary to take down this house. The landlord, after a little
consideration, pulled down the house referred to, whereby the adjacent houses
were rendered more healthy. Arrangements are being made with the Water
Company to supply this locality on the constant service.
The public privies in Cooper's Court, which were built entirely of
wood, and which, from age, had become so saturated with filth as to be a
nuisance, have been re-constructed and covered with cement, so that the
nuisance is now considerably abated.
The drainage of the houses on the north side of Crown Court, Blue
Anchor Yard, in which several cases of fever had occurred, was found upon
inspection to be defective, when the landlord was served with notice to lay
down new pipe drains, to re-construct the privies, and to properly pave the
back yards. This work has been carried out to the satisfaction of the
Inspector.
The water-supply in Brownson's Court, which consists of six small
houses, was defective. The receptacles were old wooden butts. These butts
have been taken away, and a water-waste-preventer has been fixed in the
yard of each house.
My attention was drawn to the back rooms of two houses in Chicksand
Street, Nos. 21 and 22, which were then under repair, my informant stating
that the said rooms were in his opinion unfit for habitation. This opinion I
confirmed, for the following reasons : the floors of these rooms were more
than a foot below the level of the back yards, and the rooms did not exceed
6-ft. 4-in. in height. The landlord, on being made acquainted with my
opinion as to the unfitness of these rooms for habitation, called upon me, and
promised that they should not he again used as habitable rooms. Several
weeks have elapsed since my interview with the owner, and these rooms
still remain closed.
TRADES' NUISANCES.
Skin Dyeing and Dressing.
A memorial, signed by several inhabitants in the neighbourhood of
"Wood Street, Spitalfields, was addressed to the Board, complaining of a
nuisance injurious to health, which was caused by the dyeing and dressing of
skins in the cellar of No. 26, Wood Street. On visiting these premises it
was manifest that they were not adapted for the carrying on of such a business;
and as the nuisance was, in my opinion, injurious to health, a notice
was served on the owner to discontinue the business of skin dyeing and
dressing in those premises. Shortly after the serving of this notice, the
occupier of the cellar removed.
Glucose Factory in Booth Street.
Several complaints having from time to time been made of the
offensive smell from these premises, I visited them late one evening, and
ascertained that the nuisance arose from the escape of offensive steam