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I found it in an unsanitary condition, the receptacle of all kinds of
refuse, which, at low Avater, was deposited upon the mud. After
some correspondence with the owners of the abutting premises and
the Thames Conservancy Board the dock was cleared out.
In consequence of a communication from the Paddington Vestry
on the subject of the more speedy removal to the Hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums' Board of persons suffering from infectious
diseases the matter came under the consideration of your Board.
It was thought, however, that no unnecessary delay had occurred
under the system then in operation, and no action except acknowledging
the communication was taken.
It having come to my knowledge that a person had pawned
bedding, &c., which had been exposed to the infection of Smallpox
and had not been disinfected, it became my duty to cause the
infected articles to be disinfected, and to report the circumstances
to your Board. The person had rendered herself liable to proceedings
under the 38th section of the Sanitary Act, 1866, but
inasmuch as she had offended unwittingly your Board was satisfied
with cautioning her against a re-commission of the offence.
A thorough inspection of the Bakehouses in the District was
made, and the result reported to you on May 3rd. Under the
Bakehouses' Regulation Act, 1863, your Board was the Sanitary
Authority, but that Act having been repealed by the 41 and 42
Vict., c. 16 Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, your Board had no
power to inspect these premises, except under the provisions of the
Nuisances Removal Act. The cause of the inspection was a
letter in the public press from a factory inspector describing a