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high to their rooms; over exertion of this kind always
adds to the suffering and danger of those afflicted with
heart or lung disease, and where these affections do not
already exist, would be very likely to cause them. This
Hamlet does not yet possess an example of these lofty
and cheerless abodes.
East London Water Supply.
The water supplied during the year has been,
generally, much superior in quality; this is no doubt
owing to improved filtration and means of storage,
enabling the Company to get rid of previous impurities.
The quantity supplied was about 26 to 30 gallons
a day to each person, or 3,000,000 gallons a day to the
population of the Hamlet, exclusive of that used for
manufacturing and other than domestic purposes.
Many complaints were made of the water having
been cut off from houses and the occupants deprived of
direct water supply for many weeks in succession,
owing to non-payment of rates, generally by the default
of non-resident landlords. I have so often referred to
this dangerous legal power exercised so freely by the
Company, that it is unnecessary now to remark further
thereon.
Gas.
The illuminating power of the Gas supplied to the
Hamlet, by the Commercial Gas Company, has never
been below the standard required by the Act of
Parliament. The average illuminating power was
14.15 sperm candles, compared with ordinary 15 hole
Argand burner. The legal standard required is 12
candles only. The sulphur-carbon impurities averaged
22 grains per 100 feet of gas, being slightly in excess