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can be taken, unless it be by an individual aggrieved, against
the River Lea Conservancy Board, or the Tottenham Local
Board. An enquiry was held in February last (at which I gave
evidence) against the Tottenham Board, by the Local Government
Board, and at the instance of River Lea Conservancy
Board. After a full enquiry, the Inspector of the Local
Government Board reported that the Tottenham Local Board
had not used the best practicable means to disinfect their
sewage, so that the Lea Conservancy Board gave the necessary
notice for the provision of efficient disinfection in 12 months,
which will soon expire. Two new tanks have been provided by the
Tottenham Local Board, but I fear that nothing except taking
the sewage away from the Lea will remedy the evil. At
present (April) the river is in a very fair condition and the
water free from smell.
I have attended 30 meetings of the Sanitary Committee
during the year, all the Board meetings, 9 meetings of the View
Committee, and 8 special meetings respecting the River Lea,
the new regulations for houses let in lodgings, and the tenders
for the removal of dust in the district. There has been a good
deal of oorrospondence with the Local Government Board
respecting their approval, under the 35th section of the Sanitary
Act, of the new regulations, which was not given at the end
of 1884, but which has been lately obtained. I trust that the
carrying out of the amended regulations will be attended with
benefit to the houses of the poor, as the remedy therein provided
for dirty and otherwise unhealthy houses is more prompt than
under the Nuisances Removal Acts.
The weather during the year was somewhat unusual. On
the 1st of January there was a fall of snow, but for three weeks
subsequently the weather was unusually fine and warm, so that
despite gales, storms and snow on two days, the mean temperature
was as much as 7'4 degrees above the average, there
having been only two instances of so warm a January, except