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Companies, and in which attention was drawn to the excellent
advice upon the subject of cleansing and covering of
cisterns, and cutting.off waste.pipes, which from time to
time, the Water Examiner embodies in his reports. In every
circular the 14th Regulation was quoted in its entirety. It
is impossible to say how much or how little good may have
been effected as a result of the trouble the Companies took in
the matter it; is impossible, moreover, not to regret that the
Companies did not go one step further and issue the required
"notice" upon every householder, to cut off all connexions of
waste.pipes of cisterns with drains, as they had been urged
to do, and thus effect an important sanitary reform.
It is very much to their interest to do so, as I believe
many of the complaints of bad water which arise from
time to time are due to the dangerous connections of
waste.pipes with drains, and that if these were abolished the
Companies' water would be in greater repute.
Waste pipes, we are told will be abolished when constant
supply is given, but for this, large portions, in fact the bulk,
of the parish will still have to wait a long time, as the
Companies appear to be unwilling to move in the matter any
faster than the necessities of the constant system require.
Meanwhile, Sir Francis Bolton continues to reiterate monthly
his sound advice to householders—and there is now some
prospect of it reaching them, as it has been arranged that an
abstract from his reports shall be printed on the back of the
Companies' collectors rate.papers, and the collectors will
be instructed by the Companies to " report immediately
any bad cases they may discover, (but how should they
discover any ?), in order that the assistance of the Sanitary
Authorities may be drawn thereto." Sir Francis Bolton
points out that if the conditions contained in the
Regulations were observed by consumers and by local,
{i.e. nuisance or sanitary), authorities, as well as by the
Water Companies, many of the evils complained of
would be prevented. Doubtless compliance with the