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the water was more opaque than before the Tottenham
effluent entered it."
The water having changed for the worse soon after the
last report was written, I visited the river and had samples
frequently taken of the water, and presented the following
report to you for the fortnight ending October 29th:
" Gentlemen,
"I regret to have to report a decided chango for the
worse in the water of the the river Lee since the date of my
last report, arising from the very unsatisfactory condition
of the effluent from the Tottenham Works, especially on
the 21st, 22nd, and 27th of October. Having communicated
with the Chairman of the Sanitary Committee,
he advised me to write on the 22nd to the Tottenham
authorities, and to the Lee Conservancy Board; and I
have received answers to the effect that the Clerks to these
Boards would lay my letters before their respective Boards.
Mr. Corbie, the Clerk to the Lee Conservancy Board, also
stated in his reply that he has written to the Tottenham
Local Board of Health ' witli a view to the sewage being
treated in a more satisfactory manner,' as the Conservators
are not satisfied with the 6tate of affairs at Tottenham.
On the 27th the river water contained double the quantify
of ammonia to that on the 17th, and it was also not so clear
and had an offensive smell."
At a meeting of the Sanitary Committee in the early part
of November, as the river, although in a better state, was not by
any means in a satisfactory condition, the Committee directed
that a copy of my reports be forwarded to the Clerk to the
Tottenham Board of Health, soon after which the effluent
improved in quality, and the river became in better slate, so
that I was able at the first meeting of the Board, in December,
to lay before you the following report, dated December 6thr:—