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these tanks will be withdrawn as it becomes necessary and disposed of
upon the lower parts of the land. The sewage will pass over a weir
from these tanks to twelve artificial filters or contact beds. These
beds will be filled and emptied in succession automatically twice in
the 24 hours, sufficient time being given for aeration between the
fillings. The effluent water upon leaving the contact beds will be
delivered through a cast iron pipe in the River Thames below low
water."
Sir A. Binnie, in summing up his comparison of r he two schemes,
makes the following statement. " Reviewing, therefore, the whole
subject, I consider that the scheme laid before you is very good, but
the preponderating advantages of an independent outfall as suggested
in Scheme B, far outweigh anything that can be said in favour
of Scheme A."
The action of the Lea Conservancy Board in causing the above
scheme of a main drainage scheme for the protection of the Eiver
Lea from contamination, to be formulated and reported upon by Sir
A. Binnie, brings the problem of the purification of the River Lea,
within measurable distance of solution.
It is, in my opinion, quite clear that the duty of the Borough
Council is to urge by representation and every other practical way
the Lea Conversancy Board to bring about the adoption of the
scheme recommended by Sir A. Binnie.
THE MORTUARY.
The following tables give the number of bodies deposited in the
mortuary during the year, also the number of inquests held there,
with the causes of deaths, etc.
Number of bodies deposited in mortuary 393
(a) To await inquests 385
(b) Upon request of relatives, to await burial 8
Number of post.mortems made 137