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"The attention of the London County Council has been called from
time to time to the necessity of adopting some measures to prevent
these disastrous floodings, but without result."
"Your Committee therefore recommend that a communication be
forwarded to the London County Council, again calling attention to
the matter, and urging that body to at once deal with this important
question, and undertake such work as they may be advised is
necessary to prevent their sewers becoming surcharged and overflowing
during the periods of heavy rainfall."
"All which is respectfully submitted."
EDWIN REYNOLDS, Chairman.
The London County Council were communicated with in the terms
of the above report, and a remedy suggested which I made in my
Annual Report for the year 1897, reporting upon similar floodings of
basements in the lower part of the Clapton Park district. I there
made the following statement.
"The remedy, of course, is an engineering one, which can only be
applied by the London County Council. The time is opportune for
drawing their attention to this matter, because they are considering
a scheme for the relief of Hackney Wick, and some modification of
this scheme to relieve Clapton Park might now be made more
easily than at a later period; and I would most strongly urge that
their attention should be called to this area, and be asked tc
improve, if possible, its sewage arrangements to prevent the
recurrence of similar floods to that noted above."
I am given to understand that some scheme is now being formulated
to remedy the floods in this district.
In a report of the main drainage Committee of the London County
Council presented on the 4th February, 1904, recommending
measures for the prevention of future floodings, occurs the
following paragraph:—