Report of the Commissioner of Health, Kingston, Jamaica / [James Scott].

  • Scott, James.
Date:
1876
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Credit: Report of the Commissioner of Health, Kingston, Jamaica / [James Scott]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    turn marked B, showing, in the form of a Sunnnary, the work performed in carrying out Sanitary operations, under the direc- tion and supervision of the Inspectors of Nuisances, from the 1st January to date. 32. It will be observed that IG,041 loads of refuse, matter, the sweepings of the Streets and Lanes and of the yards of private dwellings, have been conveyed by means of carts to the place of deposit. The accumulation of dirt in these places is very great, and so i-apidly does it collect in certain Streets that, notwith- standing they are regularly swept, they present the appearance almost daily as though no refuse matter had bejn removed from them. This is the case particularly in the Cross-streets in the lower part of the City—along Tower Street, Barry Street, Water Lane, and other Streets running from East to West. The houses in these streets, where there is a considerable amount of traffic daily, are densely populated, and the majority of them are occupied by persons (many of them foreigners) carrying on some description of shop-keeping business, from which places much dirt and refuse matter are constantly thrown—a practice which it has been most difficult to check, inasmuch as it has been impossible to have Officers stationed at all times along those streets watching for offenders. The Constables render no aid—in fact, they do not seem yet to know what is meant by Sanitary Laws, or the carry- ing out of Sanitary measures. 3-3. I consider that the quantity of refuse matter, chiefly animal and vegetable in a state of decay and rottenness, carted during the year to the place of deposit, has been very considera- ble, and it may reasonably be conceded that in proportion to the removal of so much of what is calculated to pollute the air of the City, has its sanitary condition been favourably influenced. 34. I have to observe, as in former Reports, that such refuse matter was taken from t]ie City, and does not include that re- moved from the Streets and Yards of Houses in the Villages, viz : Alman Town, Fletcher's Land, Hannah's Town, Smith's Village, Brown's Town and Eay's Town. By means of hand- carts, the sweepings are removed daily from these places, but it is impossible to state with any degree of accm-acy, what has been the total quantity removed during the year. 35. With reference to the place of deposit, it is to be feared that ere long, there will be no room for receiving dirt and rub- bish, as the space for their reception is now becoming very limited—it is incalculable the number of cart-loads of rubbish, principally stable manure, from aU parts of the City, that are thrown there daily. B