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Houses Let in Lodgings, Regulations for : under Sanitary Act, 1866... 154
„ „ Vestry's Instructions for the guidance of the
Sanitary Inspectors 156
Housing of the Working Classes : Report of the Royal Commission 157
,, Public Health (Metropolis) Bill, 1885 158
Unhealthy Houses: The Liabilties of Landlords : Legal decision 158
Metropolitan Sewage Question 159
,, The (late) Metropolitan Board of Works' decision to deal with
Sewage at the Outfalls by Chemical Precipitation of
the Solid Matters, and, when necessary, by Deodorizaof
the Effluent, followed by immediate discharge into
the River, contrary to the Recommendation of the Royal
Commission in favour of a System of Land Filtration
of the Effluent, prior to its discharge into the River 159
,, ,, Sir Henry Roscoe retained as Scientific Adviser by the
Board: His reports on the subject 160
,, Deodorization of the Sewage at the Outfalls and in the
Sewers 160
,, ,, „ „ TheVestry's views of the inutility
of, as practised 161
., ,, ,, ,, Proceedings in 1888: Abstract of
Sir H. Roscoe's Final Report 162
., Chemical Examination of the Foreshores and Mud
Deposits of the Thames and its Estuary ; Abstract of a
Report by Sir H. Roscoe 164
,, „ Sir H. Roscoe sums up the whole question, unofficially, in
1889, and condemns the proceedings of the late Board,
which are being continued by the County Council 167
Water Supply : Cutting-off Powers o! the Companies, etc. 168
,, ,, Abstract of Report on, by Professor Frankland 169
,, ,. ,, ,, The Water Examiner 169
Gas, Results of Examination for ascertaining the Illuminating
Powei and Purity of the 171
„ Proposed New Standard for ascertaining the Illuminating
Power of 177
Conclusion 179