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consideration. I recommend this latter plan, more
particularly as I am satisfied that w.c. accommodation
ought also to be a feature of any latter system ;
and further, that w.c. accommodation for females as
well as males—only a slight modification in the manner
of constructing a separate entrance to the latrine—
ought and could be easily provided.
A single urinal, with a constant stream of water,
will vary from £10 to £25 per annum, even if supplied
by metre at the fair cost; the waste is very great:
118,000 gallons per month has been known to be used
in some instances. I prefer a daily attendant, whose
remuneration indirectly from the public, without cost
to the rate-payers, would be satisfactory.
A Public Disinfecting Establishment.
It is much to be regretted that all efforts to obtain
a Disinfecting Establishment for the use of the Parish
have been unsuccessful, on account of the difficulty in
getting a site for it. The question has for a long time
occupied the most anxious attention of the Sanitary
Committee. Various places have been visited, and
other places suggested ; all of which have presented
insuperable obstacles. The stone yard, the closed burial
ground of St. Mary's, the spare ground of the workhouse,
the open fields on the Paddington estate, a corner of
the cemetery at Willesden, the wharves on the canal
basin, and other situations have all had to be abandoned.
My own belief is, that the Vestry ought to avail
themselves of the powers of the Sanitary Act, 1866,