A letter to the vestry of St. George's, Hanover Square, on sanitary work and experience in Belgravia / by C.J.B. Aldis.

  • Aldis, C. J. B. (Charles James Berridge), 1808-1872.
Date:
1857
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Credit: A letter to the vestry of St. George's, Hanover Square, on sanitary work and experience in Belgravia / by C.J.B. Aldis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    16 they inculcated a daily, thorough cleansing of the sheds and cattle, a removal of any cause or pretext for complaints, and the avoidance of accumulated manure, &c. There are no less thaa twelve establishments of this kind in Belgravia: (1) Mr. Dexter, Kinnerton Street; (2) Mr. Green, Eaton Kow; (3) Mr. Griffiths, 16, Upper Ranelagh Street; (4 and 5) Mr. Hatt, 16, Brewer Street and Eccle- ston Street East; (6) Mr. Leach, Prince’s Row; (7) Mr. H. Wise, 17, Elizabeth Street; (8) Mr. Thomas Wise, West- bourne Street; (9) Mr. W. Vickers, Graham Street West; (10) Mr. Prett, Royal Oak Place ; (11) Mr. Smith, Whitaker Street; (12) Mr. Bull, Commercial Road South. A magis- trate’s order is out against one of them; a notice has been served upon the owners of two others to drain, pave, &c., which they have already agreed to execute. These cow- yards contain thirty-five sheds, of which I have obtained the length, width, height, and cubic capacities, with the condition of each cow-house. I also accompanied Mr. Richman to Smith’s dairy, near Farringdon Market, 'j Laycock’s at Is- lington, and to Friern Manor Farm, at Peckham Rye, in order to take notes as to the structural arrangements of cow-sheds, upon which he founded a very useful report, which was read to the Committee of Works. Permit me here to state, that when I undertook the ap- pointment of Officer of Health, that I intended to carry out the law fearlessly and without dread of consequences, if persuasive measures and ordinary means should have failed; and I am glad to state, that the first, or friendly notice, has generally sufficed, the compulsory cases having been exceedingly few; but where it is requisite to issue summonses an angry feeling is produced, which, however, would never prevent me from doing my duty in endeavouring to raise the public health to a maximum standard. In July last I arranged some Tabular Forms for Sanitary