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???d September, a person boiling a few gallons of linseed oil, the
???pour of which is exceedingly unpleasant. I contented myself with
friendly remonstrance, which often has a better effect than an
???ficial notice. A large quantity of damaged grain, the salvage from
???fire, has been deposited in Debenham’s ground, near the Railway,
???emits after rain an acid odour. As it is being gradually carted
way, I thought interference unnecessary.
Among the houses mentioned in the Agenda Paper, three deserve
???ecial attention. At No. 395, Rotherhithe-street, a blacksmith's
???op, the drainage has no outlet at all, the whole of it being dis???arged
into a large cesspool, enclosed within the walls of the
???liming. At 396, Rotherhithe-street, the Black Bull public-house,
??? at 1, West-lane, a cooperage, there are cesspools in the back
???rds, but the superficial drainage runs into the street. Notices
???ve been served.
The elapsed month, August, has been one of the most unhealthy
the current year, fifty-two deaths having been registered; among
???em twelve from diarrhoea, three from scarlatina, two from fever,
???d one from diphtheria, at No. 3, Glebe-terrace, just where one
???ht expect to find such a disease, on the bank of the pestilential
???tch, called the Surrey Millstream.
Yours respectfully,
September, 1859. W. MURDOCH.
FORTY-FIFTH REPORT.
Gentlemen,
During the elapsed summer, I received several anonymous comnications,
all written evidently by one person, and of which the
???hor was, that a smokehouse on the premises of Mr. Pearson, fish???nnger,
No. 363, Rotherhithe-wall, emitted foul smells and was a
???usance to the neighbourhood. No notice was taken of complaints
???nde in this underhand manner. On the 13th September, a letter
???s addressed to the Vestry Clerk of this parish from the Local
???ernment Act Office, to the effect that Mrs. Moody, of 365,
btherhithe-wall, had declared her health to be suffering in conse???ence
of the effluvia arising from the above-named smokehouse.
This letter led to an investigation.
The smokehouse is situated in the back-yard of No. 363, about
???enty feet from the dwelling; it is composed of two chambers or
???ipartments, each twelve feet high, four feet and a-half deep, and
tree feet and a-half wide, the lower part of the chambers being of
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