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'through' ventilation, insufficient air space in front ami
behind, imperfect sanitary appliances, and imperfect
water supply." At the close of the year a notice was
served on the owner under sec. 32 of the Housing of
the Working Classes Act.
Besides these houses, three other houses were also
condemned under this Act, namely: No. 3, East
Cottages, Merton Rush, and two cottages in "Paddy's
Bottom," in Sanderstead parish. The former was put
into thorough repair, while the latter were demolished.
There are no common Lodging Houses in the
district.
13. POLLUTION OF THE RIVER WANDLE.
A complaint was made towards the close of the year,
that the River Wandle at Beddington Corner was being
polluted by the effluent from a Leather Factory, near at
hand, in Carshalton Parish. An analysis of the effluent
was made, with the result that it showed that a large
amount of organic matter was finding its way into the
river. The facts were reported to the Surrey County
Council.
Many complaints have been made, mainly to the
Local Government Board as to the condition of a stream
in the Parish of Mitcham, called the " Graveney Brook."
At one time this Brook received the contents of many
sewers, but all have, probably, been now disconnected, and
only surface-water drains are supposed to discharge into
it. In dry weather there is a very small quantity of water
in the Brook, but after rain, the volume of water becomes
very large, by far the largest quantity of it being due to
the contents of a "storm-sewer," belonging to the