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kills in the yard; good tackle and water supply; drain untrapped;
populous neighbourhood; place quite unfit for the purpose for
which it is used.
I left Adams's, Lower York Street, and Gray's, Lower Queen
Street, unvisited, as neither of these persons had given notice to the
Vestry. W. MURDOCH.
French, Medway Place. A building at the back of same. Excellent
situation, because removed from the houses; no water supply; no
receptacle for garbage; good drainage, untrapped.
W. MURDOCH.
Onion's Slaughter-house. At some distance from the house at the
back, above ten feet, paved; good water supply; well ventilated;
receptacle good; drainage good, trapped. In good order. Neighbourhood
populous, but not crowded. Recommended.
W. MURDOCH.
Smith and Saul. Both in good order, and recommended.
W. MURDOCH.
TENTH REPORT.
To the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Rotherhithe.
Gentlemen,
The inmates of the house, 137, Rotherhithe Street, and of the
houses adjoining, having made frequent complaints about the offensive
effluvia exhaled from the factory at Sunderland Wharf, on the
opposite side of the way, I entered the premises on the 10th
October last, and found that the filthy smell was occasioned by the
boiling of linseed oil in a copper placed at the northern part of
the yard. A nauseous vapour pervaded the whole place and
could be smelt for a considerable distance along Rotherhithe Street.
I told the foreman that the practice must be discontinued, and I
have reason to believe that no linseed oil has since been boiled on
the premises. An elderly couple residing at 137, Rotherhithe
Street have much suffered in health from the stenches emitted at
Sunderland Wharf.
On the 17th October I visited No. 2, Paxton's Alley, in consequence
of the inconvenience arising from the stoppage of a drain
connected with the watercloset. The drain had been cleared before
my visit; but the pan of the closet was without water supply.
Notices have been served at No. 31, Lower Queen Street, and
at 39 and 40, Church Street, on account of the foul state of the
cesspools and the imperfection of the drainage at each of those
places respectively.
Sickness and Mortality.
The number of deaths registered during the past month was