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PART II.
ADMINISTRATION.
WATER SUPPLY.
1. The water supply is constant throughout the Borough.
It is derived from deep chalk wells, one of which is situate
within the Borough, viz., the Plumstead Well.
Plumstead Well. In previous years I have repeatedly
called attention to the unsatisfactory condition of the water
supplied by this well. It is being kept under observation,
and there was no great change in its condition during the
year.
Houses with Water Supply outside the House. A report
on this subject was contained in the Annual Report for 1912.
2. Water Supply in Tenement Houses. An additional
tap and sink were supplied on at least one upper floor of
18 tenement houses, under the Public Health (London) Act,
Sec. 48, previously to the coming into force of the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907, by which a
suitable water supply can be required on each separately
occupied floor of a tenement house. Under this Act an
additional supply was required and provided at one house
last year, making a total of 71 houses in the seven years
1908-1914. 30 of these houses were in the Dockyard and
St. Mary's Wards, 13 in River Ward, 26 in St. George's