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this communication exists, opportunity is afforded for the
fouling of water from the cistern by the passage into it of air
from the drain.
During the year the West Middlesex Company laid on a
constant service of water to one district in our parish,
bounded on the north by and including Cumberland Market,
Cumberland Street East and West, and Edward Street,
Hampstead Road; on the south by, but not including, the
Euston Road; on the west by, but not including, Albany
Street; and on the east by, but not including, the Hampstead
Road.
COW-HOUSES AND SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
There are 57 licensed cow-houses and 50 licensed slaughterhouses
in St. Pancras. These, with very few exceptions,
were found, on inspection, to be in a satisfactory condition.
With a view to better defining the requirements of the
Vestry, the following regulations were drawn up with regard
to cow-sheds:—
1.—That the cow-house be properly cleansed, lighted,
and ventilated.
2.—That it be provided with properly-constructed
drainage, communicating with the main sewer, and
that the inlet to the drain be properly trapped and
covered with a fixed grating.
3.—That the cow-house and adjoining yards be properly
paved, with a fall to a drain, and the yards be well
drained and kept cleansed.
4.—That there be a sufficient supply of water, with the
necessary apparatus, and that each stall be provided
with a trough of impervious material supplied by a
pipe with water from a cistern, the bottom of which
shall not be less than 6 feet above the level of the floor
of the shed.
5.—That there be a properly-constructed receptacle for
manure, garbage, and other refuse from the sheds;
that such receptacle be not placed inside or directly
communicating with the shed, that it be drained by a
pipe with an outlet to sewer, and be made of or be
lined with impervious material, and that the manure