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instances it was necessary to order a large amount of
work to be done, such as cleansing of rooms, yards,
and basements, trapping of drains, laying on of water
to closets, &c. In two instances summonses were
taken out against owners who paid no attention to the
notices. One of these cases was against the owner of
two closets in Bedfordbury, who kept them in a most
disgusting condition, He was fined by the Magistrate
40s. and costs.
I have made a room-to-room visitation of houses of
a suspiciously dirty character, and paid immediate
attention to every nuisance of which I have received
notice.
The passages of the Courts lending out of Bedfordbury
were all limewashed in the spring. The pipe
sewers during the summer months have been regularly
flushed, and the gullies in the streets also flushed with
carbolic acid and water.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN J. SKEGG,
Medical Officer of Health.