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well sustained, and its continued supervision placed in
proper hands, such as those of the very able surveyor,
there can be but little doubt it will prove of immense
benefit to the neighbourhood.
I rejoice to find that the complete system of sewerage,
which I clearly saw could not be long delayed after the
passing of the Metropolis Local Management Act, has
been carried out with so much earnestness, and with such
excellent prospects. Let us hope that the free use of
disinfectants, and the repeated flushings which will no
doubt be employed, especially in hot and dry conditions
of the atmosphere, will render this great work all that
can be desired.
I need scarcely say that all the slaughter and cowhouses
in the parish have received, during the year, the
most careful supervision. Licences were granted to the
owners of all these places without any opposition on my
part, and I rejoice that this time I had slight cause to
complain of the manner in which the regulations of the
authorities had been generally carried out.
For a detailed account of the large amount of other
sanitary work completed and in progress, I must refer to
Table V. in the Appendix.
Lastly, I would warmly recommend the adoption of a
more general and systematic scavengering, and a better
supply of water as a means of improving the health, and
of lowering the death-rate of this Sub-district. I quite
concur in the opinion of my colleagues that the water
supplied to the district is very impure. I also think some
of the suggestions of the Royal Commissioners, who have
just issued their report on water-supply, are, as a basis for
future legislation, very excellent, particularly the transfer
of the supply from joint stock companies into the hands of
public bodies.
JOHN MAC DONOGH,
Medical Officer of Health for Clapham.