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A member: Do you say that the greater pollution is above
those effluents?
Dr. Wakky: I don't say that, but there are pollutions above.
Do you consider the Walthamstow sewage farm a source of
pollution ?
I do.
But there are others which enter it besides the Walthamstow?
Yes.
Have you sampled the water from the Walthamstow sewage
farm ?
No, I have not.
Then how can you say it is polluted ?
By my senses. I cannot allot the amount of pollution to each
district.
That is my point. I want to know whether you have sampled
the water from the Walthamstow farm before it enters Leyton ?
The Chairman : Will you allow me to say this : We only take
samples in our own district. We have no control of that part of the
Lea into which the Walthamstow sewage farm drains. We have
control of the river ;ust after it has passed Leyton effluent. I have
gone down there on many occasions and I consider the condition of
that stream could not be properly described other than by the word
disgraceful. That would be the least word to be applied to that
portion of the river between the "White House" and the " White
Hart," and that of course is after the river has received the effluent
from the Leyton sewage works combined with the effluent from the
Walthamstow sewage farm.
A member: You cannot apportion it ?
The Chairman: I should not attempt to do it. We are not
going to attempt to apportion how much blame is due to
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