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That the present supply of water is insufficient, is shewn by
the fact that the nuisance complained of is greatest at
night, that is, just when the least amount of water is
entering the sewers.
Moreover, the necessity for ventilation of the sewers and
the difficulty of effecting such without nuisance, being admitted,
there can be no reason, in a town like this, why
the position of these gratings should not have been so
placed as to avoid the very close proximity to houses which
many of them now possess. Altogether this is a subject
requiring the most earnest consideration of the Board, and
indeed of the other Metropolitan Boards, for unless some
remedy be soon forthcoming, the occurrence of some epidemic
cannot but be apprehended.
The continued pollution of the River Wandle in various
ways, is also a subject requiring attention.
GEORGE EDWARD NICHOLAS, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth.