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Nuisances were found to exist on 63 premises. These were dealt with by the
sanitary inspectors of the various districts in which the houses were situated.
During the last six months the names of nine outworkers resident in this
district have been Bent to us from Islington, four from Poplar, and four from
Marylebone.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
ALICE TEEBAY.
THE RIVER LEA.
The river Lea has not improved in any way during the past year
in regard to its foulness and its ability to give rise to offensive smells.
This condition was well marked during the hot months of last
summer. The following analyses of the river water sampled at
certain points in Hackney witness to its polluted state.
During the year a noteworthy event occurred in the intr duction of
a Bill into Parliament for the reconstitution of the Lea Conservancy
Board. In connection with this the local authority of Hackney was
heard before a Select Committee, which had been appointed to consider
the constitution of the new Board, in favour of obtaining a
direct representation on the reconstituted Board.
The old Lea Conservancy Board consisted of thirteen members,
the new Board as determined by Act of Parliament will consist of
fifteen members. The following is a table showing the constitution
of the old and the reconstituted Lea Conservancy Boards. It will be
seen from the latter that the action of the Hackney local authority,
in pleading their case before the Select Committee for direct representation
on the new Board, was to obtain for Hackney a partial
representation on the Board. It forms one of three local authorities
which return one member to the Board.
The new Board does not come into office until April, 1901, so that
it can hardly be expected that anything radical will be done to
remedy the existing insanitary conditions of the River Lea in
Hackney during this year, but it would be advisable for the Hackney
Borough Council to bring their case at an early date before the new
Board.