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(b) That as the existence of waste- pipes connecting water cisterns
with drains, constitutes a dangerous nuisance, which ought to be
universally abated, application should be made to the Local
Government Board under section 19 of the Water Act, 1871,
with a view to an alteration of the 14th regulation, so as to
compel a Water Company to take measures for abolishing wastepipes
connected with drains, and to give the Sanitary Authority
equal power with the Company to abolish waste-pipes, and to
en fore the regulations having a sanitary bearing, e.g., Nos 9, 11,
13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 31, and 32.
(c) That if the existing law does not empower the Board to direct
such alteration of the regulations, the Board should be requested
to promote further legislation so as to confer such power and to
compel the Companies to carry out the regulations generally.
(d) That the Sections of the Acts conferring on the Water Companies
the power of cutting off the water from premises should be
repealed, such other powers to enable the Companies to recover
rates or make good fittings, &c., being substituted, as to the
wisdom of Parliament shall be deemed equitable and sufficient.
The Committee recommended—
(e) That this Report, together with the legal questions raised in the
Reports of the Medical Officer of Health, dated February 1st
and March 1st, 1882, respectively, be referred to the Law and
Parliamentary Committee for consideration as to the best way of
giving effect to the recommendations contained in such Reports.
(/) That upon the receipt of a Report from the Law and Parlia-
mentary Committee on the subject, a communication be sent to
each Vestry and District Board of Works in the Metropolis,
with a request that they would appoint three of their members to
attend a conference upon the whole subject of water supply, at
some convenient date, for the purpose of taking such action in
the matter as may be deemed expedient.
The Report was adopted by your Vestry, but the subject
has not yet been taken into consideration by the Law and
Parliamentary Committee,
LICENSED SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
The licensed slaughter-houses are 26 in number, viz., 17 in
the district north of Uxbridge Road, and 9 in the remainder
of the parish south of that road. The names of the licensees
and the localities of the licensed premises are set out in Table xi.,