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micro-organisms present in the unfiltered water of the Thames,
effected before delivery to the consumers, amounted to 96.7 per
cent., have come to an end, that gentleman having left London.
Constant Supply.-—I have no means of ascertaining to
what extent constant supply has been extended to houses in
this parish, but the following facts with refeience to the several
districts may be acceptable :—
The West Middlesex Company was giving constant supply at the end of
1888 to 23,877 houses, out of a total of 71,095 ; the increase during
the year was 621.
The Grand Junction Company was giving constant supply to 42,988
houses out of a total of 55,093; the increase during the year was
1,407. The system has been extended to North Kensington.
The Chelsea Company was giving constant supply to 6,507 houses
(increase during the past year 546), out of a total of 34,806. This
Company is the only one of the eight Metropolitan Water Companies
which has given no notice of its intention to substitute a constant
for an intermittent supply under the provisions of the Act of 1871.
Judging from the few applications made for constant supply, there
appears to be little desire on the part of the public authorities, or
private individuals, in any of the districts, for the continuous
service; but all new estates and new lines of streets are being so
supplied voluntarily.
By way of comparison it may be mentioned that the East London
Waterworks Company now gives constant supply to 155,000, out of a
total of 163,358 houses supplied. The increase during the year
was 3,116.
The percentage of house supplies on the constant system in each local
Company's district, Dec. 31st, 1888, was, Chelsea, 19 per cent. ; West
Middlesex, 34 per cent.; and Grand Junction, 78 per cent. In the
East London District the percentage is as high as 95. But considerable
advance was made during the past year in London as a whole, in
extending the constant supply ; 416,082 out of the total number of
746,319 houses supplied, or 56 per cent., being now on constant service,
an increase of 13,158 during the year.