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Letter: Mary Jane Brown, Great Barcom Street, Darlinghurst. Complaining of the fearful stink

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Unique IDA-00310773SeriesLetters Received, 1843-1899 [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 17th February 1886 and 20th February 1886Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - HardcoverDescriptionLetter. Mary Jane Brown, Great Barcom Street, Darlinghurst. Complaining of the fearful stink arising from that stinking dirty creek which divides the City from Paddington. Typhoid and all kinds of sickness is prevalent in the area. 'It is very hard for a poor woman to see her children sicken one by one and not be able to rise the window and give them a little air'. There is a notation by Richard Seymour, Inspector of Nuisances that the drainage is from Paddington and has been reported upon before.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYes

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Letter: Mary Jane Brown, Great Barcom Street, Darlinghurst. Complaining of the fearful stink