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Sanitation.—In addition to the recorded sanitation of
tlie year (vide Table VI. Appendix), all the slaughter and
cow houses within the sub-district were, as usual, inspected
and reported on by me. It is satisfactory to state that
the proprietors of these places, with one exception, very
promptly complied with all the regulations insisted upon
by the authorities, and a renewal of their licenses was consequently
secured. In the exceptional case above named, the
licence for a cow house was ultimately granted upon the
owner completing the required repair and cleansing of
premises, until then much neglected.
The Bakehouses, although open to inspection at all
times, are not required to be licensed, but no difficulty has
ever been experienced in this sub-district in inducing their
proprietors to comply with the provisions of the Act having
reference to the regulation of such places.
The accomplished sanitation, in other respects, has not
been inconsiderable during the year, and that in perspective,
especially the contemplated extension of drainage,
will possess an importance second to none of the measures
of improvement that have been already earned out in this
locality under the auspices of your Board. The progress of
the Great Intercepting Sewer, that is to effect so much for
the southern districts of London, will be watched with
much interest, but to insure a thoroughly successful result,
it is yet a question with many whether sufficient provision
has been made for flushing purposes. The source of a
sewer like the one in progress will unquestionably need
some such provision as the above beyond all other points of
its course, and it appears, in my humble view, to be a
somewhat doubtful point whether, even though we succeed
in effecting in the most perfect manner what is termed the
scour of the sewer and its local tributaries, the river in the
vicinity of this parish will be purified and improved to the
extent desired, whilst all the sewage of all the townships
and villages above Putney is still received into the tidal
stream. To a certain extent then, and as far as this subdistrict
is concerned, it is feared the Thames will have to