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annual cleansing and for more adequate flushing during the summer
months. The Committee recommended :—
" That the Council concur in this opinion, and a communication
on the subject be addressed to the London County Council; and
further that the Borough Councils of Hackney and Bethnal Green
be invited to support the action of this Borough Council."
The Bethnal Green and Hackney Borough Councils agreed to support
the representations made by the Poplar Borough Council to the London
County Council as to the condition of the water in the Victoria Park
bathing lake, and urged annual cleaning out and more adequate flushing
during the summer.
SHELTER AND DISINFESTING STATION.
New Shelter and Disinfesting (Bathing) Accommodation.
Appointment of New Attendant and Caretaker.
The Public Health and Housing Committee had under consideration
the provision of shelter accommodation, and of bathing and disinfesting
facilities. The Committee viewed the cottage and workshops at Bromley
Depot then in use, or reserved for these purposes, and which had hitherto
been found sufficient. The Works Committee had on several occasions represented
to the Committee the desirability of vacating the cottage in order
that it might be available for the purposes for which it was originally
provided. The Committee were informed that in view of the completion
of the new dust destructor the cottage was required for the residence
of the destructor foreman, to ensure efficient supervision of the destructor.
New Shelter and Disinfesting (Bathing) Accommodation.
Plans for the utilisation of the upper workshops at the Destructor
Depot for the purpose of an Infectious Disease Shelter and the Disinfesting
House and yard, were approved by the Public Health and Housing
Committee, and the adoption of this scheme rendered unnecessary the
projected initial outlay of £1,260 on new buildings for these purposes, as
well as the rental of £40 per annum for a proposed site