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The Parish has been divided into Two Districts, called the East and West, and
an Inspector of Nuisances has been appointed for each District.
The Inspector of the West Division Reports as follows:
I beg to submit the following summary of proceedings taken for the
removal of Nuisances, and the Sanitary improvement of the West
Division of the parish, for the year ending 25th March, 1860.
I have inspected 2097 houses and reported upon such of them as
required special attention; 376 Cesspools have been emptied and filled
up; 500 water closets have been erected, properly trapped and drained
to the sewers, in the place of open privies; 139 house drains have been
cleansed and repaired; dust bins have been provided for 48 houses,
and additional windows have been put into 4 houses to improve the
ventilation.
A considerable portion of these improvements have been made in
Long Alley and a number of the adjoining Courts, a locality which more
than any other of my district requires particular sanitary attention;
here 56 cesspools have been abolished, and 87 proper water closets
constructed with drains to the sewers having all the inlets properly
trapped. I attach more than usual importance to these, because from
the close contiguity of the houses, the smallness of the yards, and the
consequent near proximity to the doors and windows, of the privies and
cesspools, the air was continually polluted with noxious effluvia. The
alterations now made will enable the inhabitants to breathe a purer
atmosphere, and thus contribute both to their comfort, and to their health.
In 12 houses, where the under-ground kitchens not possessing the
legal requsites were occupied as separate dwellings, contrary to the
provisions of the "Metropolis Local Management Act," notices were
given to the owners that such occupation should be discontinued, and
the occupiers have all been removed.
I have received complaints that Pigs were kept in 6 places where
they were a nuisance and injurious to health, notices-were given to the