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Sanitary Work, &c.
For a detailed account of the routine Sanitary work performed
during the year, see Table VI.
The Manure Works of Messrs. Schofield and White, in St.
Paul's Road, were again the subject of complaint on the part of the
School Board Officers. The premises were frequently under inspection
and it was found that a great deal of the nuisance complained
of arose from the dust produced in the manipulation of the "sugar
scum." It was therefore thought that if the premises were more
efficiently enclosed and the roof pointed that the nuisance would
be abated. I therefore suggested these alterations which Messrs.
Schofield and White have carried into effect, and 1 have reason to
believe that the nuisance has in consequence been abated.
The Sewer Ventilators were a constant source of complaint in
the District. The Surveyor of the Poplar Board of Works having
paid much attention to the ventilation of the sewers and having
devised a system for their more efficient ventilation, it was decided
by the Board to permit the application of the system to three of the
most offensive ventilators in the District. The localities chosen
were The Triangle, Limehouse, Locksley Street, and Ratcliff Cross,
and in these places the invention is now under trial.
the Limehouse or Lea Cut was frequently the subject of observation.
Sewage matter which was formerly discharged into the
Cut lias tor some time been diverted, but the water way, notwithstanding,
is at times very offensive. This arises, in my opinion,