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During the year 248-cwt. 3-qrs. 16-lbs. were thus
disinfected by that firm, involving an expenditure of
£371 16s. 8d. A further sum of £23 19s. 1d. was
paid for chemicals and carbolic soap, thus raising the
cost incurred by the Sanitary Department for disinfection
to the sum of £395 15s. 9d.
Canal Basin.
The water in the Canal Basin was run off in March,
1891, when about 900 tons of mud were removed.
The Basin was emptied again in July, but no mud
was removed.
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
waters during 1891, includes also the results of similar
examinations of the water supplied by the Colne
Valley Water Company and the Tottenham Local
Board of Health. He states that the operations of