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" Gentlemen,
"I have to report that the River Lee is in a better
state than it was at the time of my last report, the water
being clearer, free from smell, and containing less free
ammonia. The effluent has also improved, as it is somewhat
clearer, less offensive, and contains less free ammonia.
This improvement has followed the aotion of the Sanitary
Committee in sending a copy of my reports to the
Tottenham Local Board of Health, whose Clerk in reply
has stated that by the advice of Mr. Henson, the patentee
of the process adopted at their works, an additional
quantity of chemicals has been lately used."
lie/use Shoots.—Much trouble has been entailed on the
Sanitary Department, including myself, by the shooting of
refuse on several pieces of ground in various parts of the district.
The largest shoot was that at Gainsborough Road, Hackney Wick,
where, in order as far as possible to prevent the deposit of offal
and other offensive matter, a man was appointed to look after
the shoot and send away objectionable loads. He was paid by
the owner of the ground, but acted under my supervision, as I
visited the place once or twice a week, and an inspector daily.
In spite of this supervision a nuisance was created, and the
persons depositing were served with notices to cease shooting,
which were obeyed. A letter was received from the Local
Government Board on the subject, after action to stop
the deposit had been taken, and, subsequently, a letter was
received from the complainant, thanking the Sanitary Committee
and myself for the means taken to stop the shooting.
In another case a summons was taken out, and an order made
by the magistrate to remove the offensive and injurious deposit;
after which, although the shooting was not stopped, the matters
deposited could not bo dealt with as a nuisance. There was
another shoot on the Clapton Park Estate, consisting of a large
hole from which gravel had been dug, and which was gradually