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in Brook Street, Ratcliff, was about to be dealt with. It is a great
satisfaction to me to report that my representation received the
favourable consideration of that Board; that the scheme put
forward by the Metropolitan Board received the approval of the
Secretary of State, and that the area will be dealt with under the
provisions of the before mentioned Acts. The total cost of the improvement
is estimated at about £18,000.
In December in consequence of a communication from the City
Solicitor, I was led to make several examinations of the condition,
as regards sewage pollution, of that portion of the River Thames
which is included within the boundaries of your District. The
evidence of such pollution was much less then I had anticipated and
pointed to the River in this portion of it receiving as much pollution
from the West as from the East. The condition of the stream
within your boundaries was. not such as to effect the public health,
and an examination of the records of Zymotic diseases in the
District during the last three years confirmed this view.
Cow and Slaughter Houses.
These structures were inspected by me before the day of
licensing the same, and the defects discovered having been remedied,
licenses were granted to those named in the list of licensees in the
Appendix.
Meteorology.
The mean temperature of the air during the year was 49.7° F.;
the mean of the 1st quarter having been 42.7°, of the 2nd 53°,
of the 3rd 58.1°, and of the 4th 44.8°. The mean height of