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???n of Mr. Brandon. has been flooded. This flooding extends to the
???side of Commercial Street, and is attributed by the popular voice to the
???ge of the embankment of the recently formed timber pond on the
???rises of the Surrey Canal Dock Company. On Saturday, the 23rd
???ber, I visited Commercial Street in company with the Inspector. The
???ard of almost every house on the north side was in a damp state as if
??? been recently covered with water. At Nos. 28, 29, 30, there was a
??? pool, and between the yard and the embankment of the timber pond,
???rt of gutter or ditch evidently formed by the leakage. At No. 1,
warn Street, a turning out of Commercial Street to the north, the dwelling
aback premises were in a deplorable state. The tenant declared that there
??? often seventeen inches depth of water under the boards of the ground
???. The Inspector took out a rule and found the depth to be at that
???ent nine inches. The cupboards were all damp, the walls wet, and the
??? peeling off from them. Other premises were in almost as bad a con???.
No. 3, Frederick Place was empty, but we were told at the door by
???evious tenant, that she had left the house because of its damp state,
???of her daughters had been affected with acute rheumatism.
???ellington Street, Deptford Road, is inundated from another cause; there
???g no drainage, the street in wet weather becomes a lake, such accumula???s
of stagnant liquid must render the district aguish and unhealthy.
???e house, No. 1, Orange Place, is in a very dilapidated state. The yard
???ccasionally inundated from some imperfection in the drainage. The
???er supply is obtained from the next house, the roof is leaky, the walls are
???eked, and undermined by rats.
???t No. 15, Stanley Terrace, there is a defect of drainage.
???t the cat-gut factory, Clark's Orchard, the improvements suggested have
???n carried out; an apparatus continually giving off chlorine is placed in
??? factory, and a zinc tube with a cowl has been raised on the top of the
liding.
???At the Guano sheds near the Plough Bridge, no work appears to be carried
I have visited the place frequently but have never been able to obtain
???ission.
???n Monday, 25th November, I had an interview with Dr. Letheby at
???. Salmon's premises. The doctor suggested certain alterations which
???ght to be made on the works to abate the nuisance. When those altera???ns
have been made, I will report thereon to this Board.
???erty-three deaths were registered in Rotherhithe during the elapsed
???Dnth.
Yours respectfully,
December, 1861. W. MURDOCH.