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„ Cutting-off Powers of the Companies 221
,, ,, Vestry recommend (1882) abrogation
of the 222
,, ,, Royal Commission on Housing of the
Working Classes make similar recommendation,
in 1885 222
,, ,, Act passed, in 1887, to limit the 223
,, ,, Vestry recommend (1882) that the
Companies be required to give the
Sanitary Authority notice of 224
,, ,, Public Health Act, 1891, requires
notice of to be given to the Sanitary
Authority 224
The Sanitary Authority as Agents for securing
Payment of the Water-rate 225
,, Underground Tanks, The Dangers of 225
Professor Frankland's Report on the. Abstract of 227
,, Bacteriological Examination of the 228
,, Water Examiner's Report on the 229
,, In Kensington 230
,, Filtration 230
,, Capital, Expenditure and Plant of the Companies 233
,, Deterioration of Water in Dirty Cisterns, Action
of the late Water Examiner, the Local Government
Board, and the Vestry, with reference to 233
„ Royal Commission appointed (1892) to enquire into 235
,, County Council's Views as to the needs of the
Metropolis 235
Gas, Results of Examination for ascertaining the Illuminating
Power and Purity of 236
,, Portable Photometer; Proposal to acquire power to test with 237
,, New Standard (or ascertaining the Illuminating Power of;
A Desideratum 237
,, ,, ,, Committee appointed to consider the question of a 238
Conclusion 240