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the Board would bo prepared to contribute towards the cost of the
Improvement, and if so to what extent; and (3) whether the Board
had ascertained if the North Metropolitan Tramways Company
would be willing to contribute to the cost. The consideration of the
matter was referred to the Works Committee, who, during the year
dealt with in this Report, made no recommendation with regard
thereto.
NEW GRAVEL LANE, &c.
On the 18th March, a letter was read from the London County
Council as to the application by the Board, that the widening of
New Gravel Lane and Wapping Wall, and the formation of a new
Street from Wagner's Place to Star Street, might be undertaken by
the Council, and stating that the Council was not prepared to entertain
the suggested Improvement
EMANATIONS FROM SEWERS.
On the 16th April, complaint was made of the nuisance caused
by the emanation of noxious effluvia from ventilating grates of the
main sowers in the neighbourhood of Burdett Road, and a letter
was addressed to the London County Council upon the subject, who
replied that a ventilating pipe had recently been erected in Turner's
Road, which would, it was believed, remedy the evil.
At the same time, as directed by the Board, I wrote to the
Council asking that the Patent ventilators which had been put up
by the Metropolitan Board of Works at the Triangle, Commercial
Road, Limehouse, and in Turner's Road, at the corner of Locksley
Street, might be removed; and on the 11th June, I reported to the
Board that the Engineer of the Council had replied that if the
ventilators were abolished it would bo necessary to form surface
ventilators at the spots referred to, unless permission could be
obtained to place ventilating pipes at the sides of some of the
premises in the locality. I further reported that I understood the
County Council was about to adopt a system of deodorization
similar to that pursued by the Metropolitan Board, and which had
proved successful three years since.
On the 25th June, I reported that the Council had erected a
shed at the Triangle, for the purpose of carrying out a system of
deodorization of the sewage, and I suggested that the Council should
bo asked to put up a similar shed in Oak Lane, a course which had
been adopted with success by the Metropolitan Board. I he Board