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serve the borough—the Grand Junction Company to wit. This company has been called on for a
considerable increase to the number of supplies, so that probably the process of filtration has been
hurried. It will be observed that the daily supply per house was considerably decreased in 190'2
compared with 1901. The supplies of the several Companies are examined monthly by the public
analyst, whose reports thereon are published in the minutes of the proceedings of the Council.
Constant supply is given in all parts of the borough.
The Water Bill brought in by the President of the Local Government Board, in the Session
of 1902, became law, and the Companies' properties will ere long be acquired by the Water Board
constituted under the Act, who will be responsible for the future supply of water within, and to a
large area without, the Metropolis.
CONCLUSION.
In bringing this report to a conclusion, I desire to acknowledge the able 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 particularly to that of the inspecting staff, male and female. Mr. Pettit, the chief inspector,
rendered me great assistance in every respect, and especially in connexion with the recent epidemic
of small-pox, to which reference has been made in another part of this report.
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.,
May, 1903.