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were summoned in respect of the unwholesome
condition of their premises. In June, proceedings
were taken against a Dust Contractor and
Scavenger, in Irongate Wharf, on account of the
unreasonable quantity of foul and offensive matter
which he had allowed to accumulate in his yard,
and in September against the Owner of the Mint
Stables, South Wharf Road, for permitting those
premises, which are in part occupied as dwellings,
to be in such a state as to be injurious to health.
In each instance, the evils complained of were
of an urgent nature. The parties liable were
required to abate the nuisance, and orders were
made by the magistrate prohibiting the repetition
of the offence. At Mint Stables several cases of
fever, one of which was fatal, had occurred among
the poor families occupying the rooms above the
Stables, and while the enquiry was pending, a man
who surreptitiously inhabited one of the Stables
died under such circumstances as to render an
inquest necessary. Although the examination of
the body, shewed that his death could not have
been influenced by sanitary defects, the foul
condition of the Stables became the subject of
animadversion. The Drainage has since been
reconstructed by the owner at great expense, and
other necessary works of improvement have been
carried out.