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occupied houses from which the water had been cut off
in a large proportion the supply having been cut off on
account of burst pipes during the long frost.
I have again to report that the Vestry have persisted in
refusing to carry out the provisions of the Public Health
Act, in respect of houses without a proper supply of water.
SEWER VENTILATION.
Constant complaints have as usual been received of the
offensive smells arising from the manholes and surface
ventilators, and a Committee has been appointed by the
Vestry to enquire into the best method of ventilating the
sewers, and is dealing exhaustively with the question, so
that I hope that means may be devised to remedy the
present admitted nuisance.
Several shafts have been erected in various parts of the
parish, with apparently satisfactory results, and extended
use has been made of Syke's intercepting trap, to which I
alluded in my last report, in some of the new streets near
Wandsworth Bridge Road.
HOUSE REFUSE.
A weekly visit is made to all premises for the collection
of house refuse, and the service has been fairly satisfactory,
but it would be better if it could be arranged that each
street should be visited on a specified day, which is not at
present done. The Assistant Medical Officer of Health to
the London County Council, in his report on the Sanitary
condition and administration of the Parish of Fulham, remarks,
with regard to the collection of refuse, that the "result
generally seems to be satisfactory, and during my inspection
I seldom noticed any accumulation of house refuse."
The Vestry have now under their consideration a scheme
for the erection of a "Dust Destructor,'' which if carried out
will in my opinion be of distinct advantage to the parish.