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even in a small cottage. The appliance consists of a combination
o£ bath, sink, and wash-boiler. There is a long sink with
corrugated wash-board at one end and a gas-heated wash-boiler
at the other. Beneath the sink is a kind of cupboard, in which
there is a cheap Japanned iron roll-edged bath, the end drawing
out into the room and the foot being under the boiler, which is
provided with a tap. The idea struck us as an excellent and
much needed one.
Messrs. Doulton & Jennings, as Lambeth representatives of
Sanitary Engineers, shewed excellent specimens of different sanitary
appliances.
There can be but little doubt that much good work is accomplished
at these Congresses, more especially in private conversations
with the officers and members of other Sanitary Districts,
as well as at the public discussions that take place at the conclusion
of the papers. The goal towards which all Congress work
is directed is the provision of pure air, pure water, pure soil,
pure food, and well-arranged and healthy dwellings, so as to
secure sound minds in sound bodies.
We thank the Council for having appointed us as the Lambeth
Delegates.
We are, Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,
H. G. Turner,
Vice-Chairman Sewers and
Sanitary Committee.
Joseph Priestley,
Medical Officer of Health.
October, 1902.