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however, in all instances been removed in some way or another,
under our notices.
During the year the water supply has been cut off from a
large number of houses, either for. non-payment of rates in
consequence of the landlords neglecting to provide proper
fittings in accordance with the approved regulations. As the
Water Companies have the power to sue for the rates, or to
summon the offending persons for neglecting to supply proper
fittings, this action appears to me quite unjustifiable; especially
as the persons not in fault suffer more by want of water, than the
owner, who only has to pay for his water pipes being again
connected with the main. This summary method of procedure,
which is often put into force after a very short notice, should in
my opinion, be prohibited on sanitary grounds.
During the year there has been an outbreak of foot and mouth
disease in some of the cowsheds in the District, and in consequence
I have examined the milk, both microscopically and chemically,
without finding any change, except in one case, when it turned
rapidly sour, and became gelatinised in less than 24 hours.
There were not any large cells such as are sometimes met with,
and I partook of some of the milk without any injurious results.
Still, I cannot advise that milk from cows so affected should
be used, as the sample which became so quickly putrescent was
evidently not fit for human consumption, and pigs are said to
die rapidly in convulsions, after partaking freely of this kind of
milk.
The cowsheds and slaughter houses have been viewed as usual
with the result of six licenses being opposed at the Sessions,
because the owners did not carry out the orders of the Committee,
viz. Mr. J ones, Enfield Road; Mr. Morgan, of Downham
Road; Mr. Ottley, of Paradise Place; Mr. Dear, of Lea Bridge
Road; Mr. Horning of Pond Lane; Mr. Base, of Chalgrove
Road; Mr. Alleson, of High Street, Homerton, and Mr.
Matthews, of Wellington Street. The six first named did