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HOUSE CISTERNS FOR WATER
STORAGE.
In October, 1898, I reported upon the absence
of domestic cisterns in 89 houses at the following
places, viz.: 29 in Bishopsgate Street Without—
8 in Brushfield Street-4 in George and Catherine
Wheel Alley—1 in Great Alie Street—2 in Little
Somerset Court—20 in Mansell Street—14 in
Montague Court—10 in Mason's Court, and
1 in Spital Yard.
The necessity for this provision arose from
a scarcity of the water derived from the East
London Water Company during the exceptionally
dry summer season, the supply being only
furnished for a limited time at certain periods of
the day. The want of these receptacles for
storing water occasioned much suffering in the
poorer districts, owing to its intermittent delivery.
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