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and to remove the mud, taking care to render the
operation as inoffensive as possible. In the following
month I reported to the Sanitary Committee
that the Canal Basin had recently been twice
emptied, and that of the deposit, which was found
to be much less than might have been anticipated
from the very offensive state of the water, none
had been removed.
In June, 1878, I informed the Sanitary Committee
that on Whit-Monday of that year the water had
been run off, that the bottom of the basin was
covered with mud, varying in depth from one to
three feet, and added that emptying and refilling the
basin did not meet the necessities of the case ; that so
long as the deposit remained the water must become
foul, and, in a short time, being charged with
noxious gases, prove injurious to health, and that
therefore the mud should be removed. In July, 1878,
I informed the Committee that the Basin had been
again emptied, and that none of the deposit had been
removed. I suggested that upon the return of cold
weather the Vestry should insist on this being done.
In December, 1878, I reminded the Committee of the
above suggestion, and pointed out that it was insufficient
to abate the nuisance, and that its recurrence
should be prevented. Thereupon the Sanitary
Committee instructed the Vestry Clerk to write to the
Company pressing them to have the water run off,