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the surviving members of the family were associated continually for
several days with the dead body of a woman, thus giving rise to
danger, as well as nuisance, to those residing in the neighbourhood.
In consequence of the Works connected with the London,
Tilbury, and Southend Railway, it is necessary (by order from the
Home Office) to remove 71 coffins from the vaults and ground of the
German Reformed Church in Hooper Square. The interments had
taken place between the year 1821 and 1853. Satisfactory arrangements
have been made, and will shortly be carried out, for the
removal of the coffins to the City of London Cemetery at Ilford.
Water Supply.—Quantity and quality are alike excellent.
Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Act.—Under this A6t
of Parliament, in consequence of a communication which I received,
signed by some of the inhabitants of Spitalfields, I have made an
official representation to the Metropolitan Board of Works, respecting
the property known as " The Great Pearl Street Scheme." This
Scheme had been previously reported to the Metropolitan Board by
Mr. Liddle.
Ventilation of Sewers.—It has been decided by the Commissioners
of Sewers to arrange for the future ventilation of the City
sewers by means of shafts, when new buildings are in course of
construction. This is very satisfactory, but still more so will it be,
when I can report that throughout the Metropolis, not only are the
sewers ventilated into the air, above the house-tops, but that all
emanations conveying possible disease germs, are destroyed in
transit. Apropos of sewers, I may mention that Sir Joseph Bazalgette
has suggested a new scheme for dealing with the sewage of London,
in addition to that of the Lower Thames Valley. He proposes that
South London shall receive the Lower Thames Valley sewage, and
pass it on, with its own, under the Thames, to join that from North
London, whence the united stream shall be carried to Sea Reach and
discharged into the sea at ebb-tide somewhere near the Essex
shore.
That something must be done before long is evident, but
if this proposal be undertaken at all, several years must elapse
before it could be completed, and in the interval, the existing
nuisance, near the present outfalls, can only be kept in abeyance
by the use of enormous quantities of disinfectants. Many