A preliminary report by Mr Thomas Lovick, Assistant Surveyor, on the "Potteries," Kensington : in pursuance of the order of the Works' Committee of 21st February, 1849. March 12th, 1849.

  • London (England). Metropolitan Commission of Sewers.
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[1849]
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Credit: A preliminary report by Mr Thomas Lovick, Assistant Surveyor, on the "Potteries," Kensington : in pursuance of the order of the Works' Committee of 21st February, 1849. March 12th, 1849. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2.-Z. jHetropolttait Commission of g>rtoers. A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE “POTTERIES,” KENSINGTON, - BY i . THOMAS LOVICK, ASSISTANT SURVEYOR. In pursuance of the Order of the Works’ Committee of 21st February, 1849, I have inspected that portion of Kensington called the Potteries, and beg to submit the following Report upon its general condition. On the north, east, and west sides this locality is skirted by open ditches, some of them of the most foul and pestilential character, filled with the accumu¬ lations from the extensive piggeries attached to most of the houses. Intersecting in various parts, and discharging into the ditches on the north and west, are many smaller but still more offensive open ditches, some skirting houses, the bedroom win¬ dows of which open over them; some running in the rear and fronts of houses, others at the sides and through the middle of the streets and alleys, loading the atmosphere throughout their course with their pestilential exhalations. The streets are unpaved and full of ruts, the surface is strewn with refuse of almost every conceivable description; they are at times wholly impassable. At all seasons they are in a most offensive and disgusting condition, emitting effluvia of the most nauseous character. The majority of the houses are of a most wretched class, many being mere hovels in a ruinous condition, and are generally densely populated ; they are filthy in the extreme, and contain vast accumulations of garbage and offal, the small gardens attached to some being purposely raised by this to a greater height. Some are surrounded by banks formed of these accumulations. In the yards of some there are wells the water in which is so contaminated by the percolation of