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Cleansing, &c.
The Vestry have entered into a contract with Mr. Alfred Thomas Hobman for the
removal of dust, &c., from the dwellings of the inhabitants, and for cleansing the paved
streets; the contractor being now bound to remove dust out of the Parish (for particulars
of contract see page 4).
Removal of Nuisances' Proceedings, &c.
From the 25th March, 1861, to the 25th March, 1862, eighty notices have been
served in duplicate under the Nuisances Removal Act, upon complaints made by the
Medical Officer and Inspector of Nuisances; eighteen of which have been effectually
abated by proper drainage being made from the respective houses into covered sewers,
fifty-eight have been abated by removal, and four are in course of abatement and
standing over.
Nine summonses have been issued, and Magistrates' orders obtained and carried out.
Fifty-nine notices to make drains and provide water-closets, ashpits, and water
supply, have been served in duplicate by order of the Vestry. In thirty-six cases the
owners have properly complied therewith, and twenty-three are in progress or standing
over.
Fourteen notices of intention of butchers to apply to have their slaughterhouses
licensed in this parish were received by the Vestry, which were severally inspected and
reported upon by the Medical Officer of Health (see Medical Officer's Report, October,
1861). These slaughterhouses were all licensed by the Magistrates in October, 1861.
The indictment, on the prosecution of this Vestry, against Horatio John Salmon,
for the nuisance occasioned by the manufacture of manure under the arches of the
Brighton Railway, came on for trial at the Croydon Assizes, in August last, when the
Judge made an order that the matter should be left to Dr. Letheby to say what apparatus
the Defendant could use with safety to avoid further nuisance. The Defendant
also entered into his own recognizances in £200 and two sureties in £100 each to carry
out Dr. Letheby's instructions, and to cease all business and accumulation unless and
until Dr. Letheby should certify that he might proceed.
Mr. Salmon has since erected an apparatus, and Dr. Letheby has certified as
follows:—
"In the Matter of an Indictment against Horatio John Salm on.
" In accordance with the instructions which I have received from the Local Board of Health of Rotherhithe,
concerning a reference to me of the matter of a nuisance occasioned by a certain manufacture carried on
in the premises situate under the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, and adjacent to the Commercial
Dock Railway Station, and belonging to Horatio John Salmon, I have visited the said premises, and
examined the said manufactures, and 1 hereby certify that the alterations which have been made therein in