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of the supply was in any way attributable to the
drought.
According to a Report presented to the Public
Control Committee of the London County Council,
dated July 19th, 1895, the Water Company "will be
prepared to receive notices for Districts numbered 24
and 22 to be constantly supplied from 1st February
next, and Districts numbered 34 and 21 as from 1st
June, 1896." This would include the area affected
last year, where constant service is even now supposed
to be in use. Whether the additional pressure which
is to be expected will remedy the deficiency in supply,
remains to be seen.
This subject cannot be left without a reference to
the "East London Water Inquiry," the Report of
which, dated November last, was published early in
the current year. The sum and substance of that
Report is that if there had been storage cisterns in
the houses in the area affected by the "water famine,"
there would have been no real inconvenience from the
deficiency in the supply. The deficiency was partly
due to the delay in providing increased storage at the
waterworks, consequent on the opposition by the London
County Council to the East London Water Company's
Bill of 1893. The opinion of the Metropolitan Medical
Officers of Health as to the need of cisterns is embodied
in the following resolution, adopted in October last,
and submitted to the Local Government Board.