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former reports referred to the small amount of fall in the sewers of
this part of the district, and the need of relief; and I am informed
that the scheme formulated by the London County Council is making
progress—not of a very rapid character, it is true, but with a
reasonable amount of certainty that the scheme will be carried out
shortly.
Another part of the district which was badly affected by the
storm was the most Eastern part of Clapton Park, and it would have
suffered much more if the Marsh sewer had not burst, as referred to
above ; but the subject of floods in Clapton Park and their causes
and remedy I am dealing with separately below.
FLOODS AT LEA BRIDGE.
Early in the year my attention was called to the overflow of the
River Lea between the East London Waterworks Company's Offices
at Lea Bridge and Spring Field. It appears there had been a rather
excessive amount of rain at the beginning of the month of February,
and on the night of the 5th of that month, the water of the river
rose and overflowed its banks, flooding the cottages on the western
side of the river and the Millfields. The water rose in the houses to
a height of about 18 inches, subsiding the next day about noon, but
rose again the next night finally subsiding the night after. The area
flooded reached from Lea Bridge Road to the foot of Spring Field.
The water overflowed both sides of the river; but the greatest
damage was done on the western side, as the houses are on this side
of the river. The following is a list of the houses flooded.
List of houses in the Stamford Hill district flooded by the overflow
of the River Lea on the 5th, 6th and 7th February, 1897 :—
Hammond's Cottages Nos. 1 to 10 inclusive.
Green's Cottages „ 1 „ 12 „
Lower Docks ,, 1 „ 9 „
Upper Docks „ 1 „ 12 „
Laburnham Villas „ 1 „ 7 ,,
Willow Cottages „ 1 ,, 7 „
Hammond's Cottages „ 1 and 2
King's Head P.H.