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Bakehouses and Milkshops.
These have been periodically inspected and the necessary limewhiting
and cleansing carried out. In two or three cases accumulations
of dirt, etc. were found under the troughs. These, however,
were immediately removed on the nuisances being pointed
out. At the same time the cisterns for water supply were duly
examined.
Water Supply.
During September a complaint was received from a medical
practitioner alleging the water supply to No. 3, James-streetmansions
to be contaminated with lead. I consequently had
samples of the water taken and submitted to the analyst, who
reported as follows, viz.: "That the water may contain lead, but
only in an exceptionally small degree, viz., below -jgrain per
gallon, and far below the smallest quantity which has ever been
supposed to be injurious."
In consequence of a complaint by one of the inmates of Alberthall-mansions,
alleging the water supply to be contaminated, a
sample of the water was submitted to the analyst for examination
and report.
The analyst reported subsequently that " the sample of water
is of the highest quality, and has all the characteristics of a pure
unpolluted water from the chalk below the London clay."
The owners of Nos. 6, 7 and 8, Harper's-place, and 20, Vauxhallbridge-road,
were summoned under the Public Health (London) Act
for permitting the nuisance of allowing the premises (which were
inhabited) to be without a proper water supply.