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being intolerable, early in the morning, from bad smells
I directed the whole system of drainage to be thoroughly examined
and the soil-pipe of the w.c. to be traced to the sewer. This rau
through the coal cellar, and on examination it was found that it
had been placed so superficially beneath the ground, that the coal
on being thrown into the cellar had broken several lengths of the
piping, so that the floor had become soaked with sewage. The
door-way of the closet was subsequently bricked up so as to cut
off the communication with the house, an entrance made from the
back yard, and the drainage re-laid. No case reported since.
THE WATER SUPPLY.
The "Water supplied by the Lambeth Company was generally,
good. On April 8th however, Dr. Frankland reported it to
have contained fungoid growths, and in the month of October
moving organisms.
The Southwark Companies' water on April 8th, contained blue
eotton fibres and moving organisms. On May 6th, moving
organisms and confervoid growths, and on June 5th moving
organisms, minute worms and fungoid growths. The waters
supplied by both companies on several occasions were slightly
turbid.
METEOROLOGY.
The following is taken from the Registrar General's Annual
Summary.
The mean temperature of the year 1876 at Greenwich was
50.1 Farenheit, which is 1.3 above the average of 105 years.
It was excessively high in July and August, being 4°3 above the
average in July, and 2.9 in August. July was almost rainless.
There was a downfall of 24.2 inches of rain in 167 out of the
365 days. The wind swept the earth at the mean velocity of