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almost all the legal power that could be wished for, to place the dwellings
of the poor in a proper sanitary condition. The Local Government
Board has prepared suggestions for "the regulations," a copy of which
has been forwarded to your Board, No action has been taken by
your Board as yet to carry out the order of the Local Government
Board.
Public Mortuary.
Nothing has been done in the past year towards providing a proper
public mortuary for the district. Bodies have bt'en taken to the
temporary mortuary at the wharf, Chancellor's, and to the mortuaries
at the Fulham and Hammersmith Cemeteries. Your Board removed
four dead bodies of persons who had died from infectious diseases to
the mortuaries at the cemeteries, and 16 bodies were removed by the
police and others to the temporary mortuary at the wharf, Chancellor's.
Public Nuisances.
Complaints were received of the nuisance from the works of the
Mambre Saccharine Company, and also from the Distillery, and on
several occasions I have been able to trace the odours to these works.
The nuisance from neither of these works has not been anything like as
bad as it was before your Board commenced the action in Chancery
against the Saccharine Company. It is to be hoped that these Companies
will see the wisdom of preventing a recurrence of a public
nuisance, and so relieve you of the necessity of having to take proceedings
against them.
Meteorology.
The average mean temperature registered during last year was
490.4 Fahrenheit. The highest temperature registered was 848.8;
the lowest was 208.6. Rain fell on 173 days. The total quantity
of rain registered, as falling in the year, was 21'90 inches.
I am, Gentlemen,
Tour obedient Servant.
N. E. COLLIER,
28, New Cavendish Street, Medical Officer of Health.
Harley Street, W., and
Capstone House, King Street West,
Hammersmith, W.