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questions were addressed by an imposing array of Counsel and others, the transcript of the short.
hand writers' notes making a goodly volume of 320 pages foolscap. It may be hoped that the
information elicited, more particularly from the engineering witness, will be found useful
(when the new regime shall have been established) to those whose duty it will be to frame regula.
tions to meet the altered circumstances of the water supply of the Metropolis.
CONCLUSION.
In bringing this report to a conclusion, I desire to acknowledge the valuable assistance
received from Mr. E. R. Hill chief clerk in the Public Health Department, in the collation of
statistics, and generally. I desire also to bear testimony to the good work of the staff, as a whole,
and especially to that of the inspecting staff. Mr. Pettit, the chief inspector, has rendered me
great assistance in every respect, and especially in connection with measures, hitherto very suc.
cessful, for preventing the spread of the prevailing epidemic of small.pox.
I have the honour to be,
Mr. Mayor, and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant,
T. ORME DUDFIELD,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Kensington, W.,
April, 1902.