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drains. In nearly all these cases, improvements, to a greater or
less extent, have been effected. Twenty-eight cases referred to
complaints arising from the carrying on of offensive trades.
Several of these complaints were reported on specially by the
Medical Officer, particularly those relating to Mr. Nash's Size
Factory, in William Street; to the Phoenix Gas Works, in Kennington
Lane; and to the South Western Railway Company's
Japan Works, in the Wandsworth Road. The remaining 1,164
miscellaneous cases referred to a variety of subjects, including
offensive ditches and drains, foul urinals, piggeries, cow sheds,
slaughter-houses, and accumulations of dung and refuse.
The following tabular statement shows the operations of
the Vestry with regard to Nuisances:—