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Some land has recently been purchased on which both the
necessary "shelter" and disinfecting apparatus can be erected
so that there is now no reason why the Vestry should delay
any longer in carrying out their resolution.
WATER SUPPLY.
At the end of 1893 the only houses in the parish having an
intermittent supply were some 660 in that portion supplied by
the West Middlesex Company, and these, according to the
Company, have now been given a "constant service."
It would seem, however, that this Company's main is
incapable of really giving a " constant" supply. There
were many complaints of insufficient pressure from residents
in the district supplied by that Company, and
especially from tenants on the Queen's Club Gardens Estate,
where there are some 300 flats now occupied. During last
summer there was no water supply to these flats for several
hours in the day and it was obvious that the " constant"
supply was a mere phrase, and in a letter of the Company's
Secretary, in answer to complaints about the failure of the
supply, the following significant words occur, " I am directed
to add that it is in contemplation to lay a larger main for the
increasing supplies of the district," thereby admitting that the
existing main is insufficient.
Quality of the Water.
Samples of the water supplied by both Companies, taken in
November last, were pronounced by Mr. Clayton, the Public
Analyst, to be of unsatisfactory quality and not suitable for
dietetic purposes. The reports of the Analyst were forwarded
to the Local Government Board.
Water Cut Off by The Water Companies.
During the year notices, under Sect. 49 of the Public
Health Act, were given by the Companies in respect of 495
occupied houses from which the water had been cut off. The
Vestry have persisted in their policy of refusing to take any
action in these cases, although, as has been repeatedly pointed