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On April 8th the Council received a report from the Superintendent of the Baths stating that
during the past two months the water supplied had been of a very bad colour, and the attention
of the Board was called to the report.
On the receipt of the 9th Research Report of Dr. Houston, the Director of Water Examination,
the attention of the Council was called by their Medical Officer of Health to Dr. Houston's opinion
that filtration without storage would almost certainly fail to render the filtered Thames water
innocuous. Extracts were also quoted from a report received on October 28th, 1912, in which
Dr. Houston had stated that certain works were suffering from the non-availability of adequately
stored water. Under these circumstances it was suggested that the Council should inform the Board
that so long as this system of inadequate storage at certain works continued they would not be in
a position to express themselves as satisfied with the London water supply. The suggestion was
adopted, and in July a letter was received from the Board stating that the matter was receiving
the most urgent attention of the responsible committees.
Water Supply to New Houses.—During the year 15 newly-erected houses were inspected
and certified before occupation under Section 48 (2) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, as
having a proper and sufficient supply of water.