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It would appear that, of the 133 houses
in the portion of the City served by the East
London Company, 44 are supplied with cisterns,
and therefore only 89 houses would be subject
to inconvenience from the scarcity of water, and
if we deduct the 12 empty premises this number
would be reduced to 77.
To show the small extent to which the City
was inconvenienced by the suspension of the
constant service it may be stated that, according
to the last Imperial Census Returns, there are
5,819 inhabited houses in the City, of which only
1.94 per cent. are served by the East London
Company, the remaining 98.06 per cent. being
on the mains of the New River Company.
It is satisfactory to note that the Public
Health Department, at the request of the
Whitechapel Local Authority, gave some assistance
in aid of the water supply outside the City
from the surplus water pumped from their
artesian well in Stoney Lane. I learn from the
Surveyor's Office of the Whitechapel Board that,
commencing from the 9th September to the
27th November, inclusive, it furnished 187 cart-