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Yards of houses paved or the pavement repaired 38
Drains in houses improved 86
Dust-bins provided 35
Privies lime-washed, cleansed, and repaired 139
Water-butts and cisterns provided or repaired 24
Water-waste preventers erected 8
Nuisances from dung and other offensive matter removed 37
Area gratings and cellar flaps repaired 6
The cow-houses in the District, 24, the slaughter-houses, 88, in number,
have been visited during the quarter.
In addition to this return, the Inspectors report that they have forwarded
to the Metropolitan Board of Works several notices of dangerous structures,
which notices the Metropolitan Board have promptly attended to.
Reports of the Inspectors upon the sanitary improvements effected in
Commercial Court, Gower's Walk, and in the Ragged Schools, Wentworth
Street, Spitalfields.
On the sanitary improvements effected in Commercial Court and Gower's
Walk, Mr. Battram reports as follows:—
Commercial Court.
" The pavement in Commercial Court was, upon inspection, found to be in
a very bad condition; the water supply was obtained from a cistern built
underneath the pavement, by means of a pump which was fixed in the
cistern. There was another cistern over the public privies, and a cistern
was placed over the privy in each of the four back yards belonging to the
houses on the north side of the Court. The water from these filthy receptacles
was totally unfit for drinking purposes, The privies were dilapidated,
and not properly trapped, and the 12-inch pipe drain, which passed along
the entire length of the Court, into the sewer, was very defective. The
dust-bin was situated inside one of the houses. In consequence of notices
being served upon the owners, the old pavement has been removed, and
asphalte has been laid down in lieu thereof; the cisterns have been abolished,
and a water-waste-preventer erected. The three old privies have been
pulled down, and two new ones built; the drain has been made good, and
the dust-bin removed from the house and fixed in a more convenient place."
Gower's Place.]
"The houses in Gower's Place were, in many cases, in a most dilapidated
condition; the privies were in a bad state, and not properly trapped, and
the drain leading down the centre of the Court was completely choked.
The whole of the houses have, since the date of my visit, been thoroughly
repaired—indeed four of them have been rebuilt—the old privies, two in
number, have been pulled down, and three new ones built, which are fitted
with proper pans and traps; the drain also has been put in thorough repair."
RAGGED SCHOOLS.
Wentwobth Street, Spitalfields.
Upon inspection of the above schools on the 10th February last, in
which about 70 children meet daily, Mr. Wrack reports as follows:— "I found