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together with the correspondence with the Company on the
subject were forwarded to the Water Board.
HOUSE REFUSE.
The weekly service for the collection of house refuse has
been regularly maintained, but I would again strongly press
upon the Council the necessity for a more frequent removal,
at any rate during the summer months. Having regard to
the exceptionally high mortality in Fulham from Diarrhœa,
which is essentially a filth disease, the Sanitary Authority
should spare no effort nor expense in securing the prompt
removal of all decomposing refuse from the dwelling-houses
and streets.
COMBINED DRAINAGE.
Twenty-seven systems of combined drainage, for portions
of which the Council were liable, owing to their being "sewers"
within the meaning of the Metropolis Local Management
Act, were reconstructed during the year at a cost to the Council
of £304, the work being carried out by a contractor at a
schedule of prices.
The sum of £73 14s. 8d. was also paid to owners in
respect of work executed by them in compliance with notices
of the Council at nine houses in connection with house drains
which were "sewers" within the meaning of the Metropolitan
Local Management Act.
In the case of Silles v. The Fulham Borough Council, in
which the Court of Appeal held that a pipe became a "sewer"
within the meaning of the Metropolis Local Management
Act, 1855, from the point where it receives the rainwater of two
or more houses, the Council have resolved not to proceed with
an Appeal to the House of Lords against the decision of the
Court of Appeal.
SANITARY STAFF.
The appointment of a Lady Inspector brings up the
number of Sanitary Inspectors employed by the Council to seven
—there being now 21,110 inhabitants and 2,810 houses to each
inspector, as compared with 15,000 inhabitants and 1,900
houses to each inspector in the County of London and
Fulham has, I believe, proportionally fewer inspectors than
any Borough in the Metropolis.