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Sydenham.—Brown's (butcher's yard), complained of as offonsive. Sheep are kept
there for some time before slaughtering.
An exposed urinal at the Fox and Hounds Inn, complained of as injurious to the
business of the shops opposite.
Steel's Cottages are yet undrained. Several complaints have been made to me upon
this subject, and with great justice, as the drainage running from these houses upon the
land at the back of Dartmouth Row, &c., is most offensive and most dangerous to health.
(I have several times brought this under the notice of the Board). The sewer is close
by.
The drainage of the Gothic Houses in Stanstead Lane is not yet carried into the
sewer. In one of these houses, which has more particularly come under my observation
(Mr. Ironside's), the children have been suffering from a low form of gastric fever,
to be attributed to the noxious smell in the house.
Insufficient drainage at the back of Hamburgh Terrace; no exit for flood water.
During the heavy rain a short time back the water stood nine inches deep in some of the
cottages.
Pigs kept at Mr. Plumley's, Willow Road, are complained of.
Drainage required in Russell Street.
Part of an open ditch separating the property in this street from that on Sydenham
Hill is very offensive.
Three houses in the above street, inhabited by Jinks, Burkin, and Hutchins, are much
complained of as being offensive.
The offal, blood, &c., from Mr. Haydon's, butcher, Forest Hill, is carried across the
road, I am informed, and placed upon Duffin's dung heap, a locality surrounded by inhabited
houses. This is much complained of, and must be detrimental to health.
Drainage from Mr. Little's house, Sydenham Hill, flows into an open ditch bounding
Mr. Upton's property. I am informed that this has only recently received sewage, and
if now allowed it will become a noxious open sewer, and a nuisance to many inhabitants.
Drain from houses blocked up, Dobb's, Willow Road; drainage runs across path into
road.
State of Havard's Lane, Sydenham Hill, from decomposing garden refuse, &c. See
Dr. Letheby's note.
Penge.—The offensive state of the open ditches near the Crooked Billet.
Drainage of the greater part of the district flows in this direction, and is at times most
noxious and prejudicial to health.
A drain is much required to prevent sewage running into the Anerley water, which is
at times offensive. More houses have been connected to the drain in this direction,
which renders a plan of the sort the more necessary, especially as the distance is short,
and would not lead to any very great expense.
The marshy piece of land at back of the Anerley School is now very offensive and prejudicial
to health. (Mentioned in May, 1856, and several times since).
Meteorological tables, tables of mortality, and tables of the amount of impurity in the
water supplied in the district are appended.