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poor are cleansed and disinfected by Messrs. Armfield
at the cost of the parish.
During the year 156 cwt. was thus disinfected by
that firm, involving an expenditure of £233 15s. 7d.
A further sum of £28 9s. 3d. was paid for chemicals
and carbolic soap, thus raising the cost incurred by
the Sanitary Department for disinfection to the sum
of £262 4s. l0d.
Canal Basin.
The Canal Basin was emptied on April 20th, 1889,
when about 800 tons of mud were removed. Much
of this increased quantity was due to the slop-tank
belonging to Messrs. Hobbs having burst. A further
portion of the bed of the Canal Basin was covered
with concrete.
Water.
Paddington is supplied with water by the Grand
Junction and West Middlesex Companies, which draw
their supplies from the Thames, as do also the Chelsea,
the Lambeth, the Southwark, and Vauxhall Companies.
The remaining Metropolitan Water Companies are the
Kent Company, whose water is drawn from the deep
wells, and the New River Company and East London
Company, both of which derive their water from the
River Lea and other sources. For the purposes of
comparison, Professor Frankland, in his annual report
to the Registrar-General on the condition of these