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Seven public dust bins of improved construction have been provided,
which relieves 53 of the above premises from nuisances arising
from accumulations of refuse in small back yards.
MISCELLANEOUS-.
Over-crowding abated in 18 premises.
Water restored in 65 „
Urinals on private premises trapped and purified in 3 ,,
Animals, kept so as to be a nuisance, removed from 9 „
Accumulation of dung and rubbish removed from 26 „
Making a total of 5,430 separate nuisances, dangerous to
health, abated in 1,621 dwellings.
In addition to the ordinary notices served for the abatement of
nuisances, 693 letters have been written, and a special report presented
by order of Committee on the sanitary condition of the
Town Hall.
To show the character of the work done, a few cases are given
in detail as follows :
WEYMOUTH MEWS.—
This place was unpaved and defectively drained. The
nuisance arising from these conditions was much aggravated by
the want of a public urinal. This occasioned considerable
difficulty. The only possible position for a urinal being on land
belonging to St. Thomas's Hospital which is leased to the tenant
of 191, Hackney Road. This being represented to the Vestry, I
was authorized to communicate with the Hospital Authorities,
and the leaseholder, with a view to the erection by the Vestry
of a public urinal on the land in question. After much negotiation
all opposition was withdrawn, an agreement to pay 2/6 a
year signed, and a urinal erected.
The roadway of the Mews has also (under the Vestry's order)
been paved with granite cubes and properly drained by the
leaseholders of the property abutting thereon. These works
have abated a long standing nuisance.