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cisterns were clean and the service-pipe sound, was
driven to the conclusion that the supply from the main
was foul.
Singularly enough, it was found on inquiry, that
the neighbours had no complaint to make regarding
the water supplied to them. It turned out that the
main terminated in a "blind end" or "dead head,"
opposite the complainant's house, which was the last
of a row supplied by the Grand Junction Company.
By the elongation of the main, to the extent of several
feet, the evil was remedied. The Company, moreover,
undertook to remove the plug more frequently.
Inspector Clifford, having reason to suspect the
purity of the water from the fountain near the enginehouse
at the north end of the ornamental waters in
Kensington Gardens, close to the Uxbridge Road,
was directed, by the Sanitary and Public Health Committee,
to place a sample of the water in the
hands of Professor Anderson for analysis. Having
ascertained that it was eminently unfit for drinking
purposes, and knowing the same to be freely drunk by
children and others frequenting the Park, I addressed
a letter enclosing a copy of the certificate to the First
Commissioner of Works, in which I called his attention
to the impure condition of the water, and expressed the
hope that the supply would be immediately discontinued.
This was forthwith done.
MILK.
Information having reached me of the existence of
Foot and Mouth Disease among cattle in Berkshire,