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abundant supply is most needed, it is too often lacking ; and in many
cases a common cistern supplies all the wants of the household, even
including the service of the water-closet. A constant service, without
the intervention of cisterns or other vessels, may be anticipated as one
of the most welcome first-fruits incident upon the transference of the
water-supply to the Metropolitan Authority.
With respect to the supply of Gas by the Western Gas Light Company,
many and general complaints have been made, in the course of
the year, of want of light. Nevertheless, the Company's published
records go to show that the average illuminating power of the gas was
at all times, above the standard required by the Metropolis Gas Act,
1860. This question is now under the consideration of a Special Committee
appointed to investigate it, and whose Report may be shortly
expected to be laid before the Vestry.
The Tables A to D, in the Appendix, contain, in a convenient form
for reference, much of the Statistical information set out above. Table
A contains, in addition, some important Statistical information, which it
would not have been convenient to insert in the body of the Report.
Table E details the Sanitary work effected, and the nuisances removed
through the agency of the Inspectors (Messrs. Wood and Landman),
while the Report of the Surveyor embodies all necessary particulars as
to the number of houses drained, new gullies made, and of the
sewers constructed, cleansed, and flushed during the year.
I have the honor to be, Gentlemen,
Your very obedient Servant,
T. ORME DUDFIELD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Vestry Hall, Kensington,
July 1871.