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The occupier of the Railway Arch No. 469, and the occupier of
???e Arches 479, 480, and 481, were respectively summoned to the
???reen which Police Court, on account of accumulations of scutch
???der the above-named Arches. The hearing took place on the
???6th July, and an order of removal in each case was obtained from
???e sitting Magistrate. Ten days after, on the 26th July, I again
???spected the Arches and found that the heap in 469 had been covered
with salt, and the heap under the Arch 480 had been only partially
???moved. The nuisance in both still existing. My attention shall
??? further devoted to this matter, as it appears to me that the
???agistrate's order ought to be strictly carried out.
A notice has been served on the person who sends from Ber???ondsey
putrid and wet skins to be dried under the Railway Arches
Rotherhithe. No. 2, Victoria Place, Deptford Road, is tenanted by
dealer in cats' meat, dogs' meat, rags, bones, &c., &c. The offal of
is numerous callings had accumulated in the back-yard, and caused a
???uisance; a notice was served and the evil has been remedied.
The water supply in Rotherhithe, during the early part of July,
???as very scanty. No place suffered more from the deficiency, than
Clare Hall Cottages, and Clare Hall Place, Jamaica Level. The
???habitants having been without supply sometimes for three and four
???lays consecutively.
On the 23rd July, the temperature being 83° in the shade, I
???escended into the vaults under St. Mary's Church. The vaults had
???ot been opened for the admission of any person since they were
visited in January last by the Government Inspector and myself.
On entering the vault the sensation was rather pleasant than
otherwise, the cool air of the place contrasting gratefully with the
sultriness of the atmosphere outside. There was no smell whatever.
Mr. Nowne, who accompanied me, on my interrogating him
whether he had ever observed any leakage from the coffins in the
vault, replied, that he never saw any but once, and that it disappeared
in twenty-four hours. The admirable ventilation would cause any
fluid rapidly to evaporate, and the gaseous product to be carried up
the air-shafts.
The first six months of the present year were remarkably healthy,
the mortality in this Parish having been twenty-five per cent, lower
than during the corresponding months of the year 1858. The just
elapsed month, however, has been unhealthy, diarrhoea having been
exceedingly prevalent, and having occasioned thirteen deaths, out
of forty-nine registered. This may, in some measure, be attributed to
the high temperature which reigned during the whole month. On two
occasions the thermometer rose to 90°, and the average temperature of
the month was 78°, or eight degrees above that of July, 1858, when
it only averaged 70°. The high temperature has undoubtedly