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Shelter.
No shelter has yet been provided by the Vestry for the
use of persons during the period necessary for the disinfection
of their dwellings, and I would advise the Vestry to
take this matter into consideration when dealin of with the
scheme for a Dust Destructor and Disinfecting Station as
the necessary rooms could easily be provided in connection
with the latter.
WATER SUPPLY.
Reference was made in the report for 1894 to complaints
of insufficient pressure in the West Middlesex Company's
main, supplying the Queens Club Gardens' Estate, and the
Company have since then laid down an additional main;
Which has materially improved the service in that district.
In common with the rest of London great discomfort
was experienced by a large number of householders owing
to the failure of the water supply consequent on the severe
??? There can be no doubt that many would not have
??? themselves without water if they had taken a few
common-sense precautions, as it was not uncommon to find
one or two houses in a street where a little trouble had been
taken, supplied with water, while their neighbours, living
under precisely similar conditions, were frozen out.
There is, unfortunately, a great tendency for householders
to do little or nothing for themselves, and then when any???
goes wrong to abuse either the Local Authority or a
Company, as the case may be.
In many instances, however, the failure of the supply
was due to the freezing of the communication pipes and the
??? of the Company, owing to their having been laid at
??? insufficient depth.
By the Regulations made by the Companies and approved
??? the Board of Trade as directed by the Water Act of
???, Sec. 17 to 25, it is ordered (Regulation 10) that every
??? hereafter laid for the conveyance of or in connection
with water supplied by the Company shall when laid in open