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Putney summary. The slaughter-houses were also found
satisfactory. A number of piggeries were got rid of
during the year. We trust the day is not far distant
when the odour of a piggery will be unknown in our
district.
The Water Supply.—It is unnecessary any longer to
reiterate the complaints and arguments which have found
a place in many previous Reports, regarding our water
supply. We feel sure the public and the Government,
both Local and Imperial, have awakened to the necessity
for taking the supply of our daily want from the hands
of the Companies who have grown wealthy upon the public
- -badly served and treated though it has been—and for
putting it under proper and efficient control. We trust
the ratepayers, when they do possess the power, will demand
water from a purer source than the Thames; which
even after elaborate filtration, still yields a water "unfit
for dietetic use."