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ing milk of lime, it appears to me doubful whether even then th???
offensive smell could be entirely got rid of.
The continuation of these works as they are at present, must certainly
have the effect of diminishing the value of property in their
immediate neighbourhood.
In the Arch 513 of the Greenwich Railway, the heap of sugar
scum is slowly getting less. The brickwork has been washed with
chloride of lime, and the nuisance is much abated. There is under
the boundary Arch 469, a heap of hair and horns, which evolves ???
very unpleasant stench. A notice has been served. There is also
an accumulation of refuse from the soap-boilers under the Arch 480.
No further progress has been made by the Gas Enquiry Committee
since the last sitting of this Board.
The filthy state of the millstream, Jamaica Level, and the smells
therefrom arising at low-water, when the mud all reeking with organic
matter, is exposed to the summer sun, are matters of daily observation,
Foul effluvia still often arise from the air-shafts in Paradise Row.
On the morning of the 23rd June, the sickening stench was as bad
as during the winter months.
The overflowing cesspoools at Dunn's Cottages, have again necessitated
the serving of a notice.
The water supply has been, during the last fortnight, exceedingly
scanty in this Parish.
Thirty-five deaths from all causes, were registered last month.
The Parish is in a very healthy state at this present time (30th June,
1859).
Yours respectfully,
July, 1859. W. MURDOCH.
FORTY-THIRD REPORT.
Gentlemen,
On Friday, 29th July, a Committee of the whole Vestry met at the
Union Chemical Works, Uuion Road, Rotherhithe. The object of
the meeting was to examine the state of the premises, and also that
the members of the Board might, by personal inspection, enquire into
the causes of the noxious smells so often complained of by the
inhabitants in the neighbourhood of the factory. A resolution was
passed by the meeting to the effect that a month should be given to
the proprietor of the works to make certain alterations, and that on
Monday, 29th August, the place should be re-visited by the Committee.