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been laid down with more or less distinctness at the
various Police Courts, and more especially since the
passing of the Sanitary Act, as the Magistrates are of
opinion, that the title of this Act, as well as of the
others, point out the chief object for which the Acts
were framed.
I am enabled to give a return as regards the watersupply,
of above 16,000 houses, through the courtesy
of the East London and New River Water Companies,
who have in accordance with my request, furnished me
with the following particulars. The East London
Water Company supplied at the date of their last examination,
9617 houses, and the New River Company 7000,
The East London Company had 3826 houses on the
constant and 5791 on the intermittent supply, whilst
the New River Company had only 4 on the constant
supply, except about 70 houses which "have a constant
supply from two common cocks" in Cock and
Castle Lane, Henry Street, Ebenezer Place, and James'
Place. The East Loudon returns also showed that
5068 houses have cisterns, and 2185 good water butts,
the remainder being indifferently provided with receptacles
for storeage; that 6,006 closets have proper
fittings and apparatus, and 3,059 have not any closet
fittings, but are kept clear by throwing water into pans;
the returns also showed that 812 houses are not supplied
with water butts or cisterns of sufficient size. In
a very large number of cases new water butts have
been provided by the landlord, but I regret to say that