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that, in addition to the drinking troughs being so constructed and used as to have a
constant supply of water through them, there should be an arrangement for the water
to run off by means of a tumbling bay direct to a gully. The Hoard would further
suggest that the troughs should be thoroughly cleansed every morning.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
T. E. WAKEFIELD,
The Secretary, Clerk ot the Board.
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association,
111, Victoria Street, S.W.
Victoria House, Victoria Street,
Westminster, S.W.,
J. E. Wakefield, Esq., January 19th, 1881.
Metropolitan Board of Works.
Sir,
I am instructed by the Committee of this Association to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 20th ultimo, suggesting that in addition to the precautions
described in my letter and accompanying Memorandum of the 9th ult., there should
be an arrangement at the troughs for the water to run off by means of a tumbling bay
direct to the gully, and that each trough should be thoroughly cleansed every
morning; and I am directed to inform you that, acting on that suggestion, we have
now fixed a bay or weir at the end of each trough through which the water flows
direct into the gully, and that (as stated before) all the troughs are constantly
inspected and cleaned by men specially employed for that purpose, and the Committee
believe that with the increased overflow alluded to in my last, the risk of contagion is
practically nil. Whether they will be able to continue this increased overflow is simply
a question of money, as all the water required for the troughs is supplied by meter,
and charged for by the various Water Companies. To secure such an overflow for
mere cleansing purposes as has been suggested by some members of your Board, we
should require certainly not less than 500 gallons a day more at each trough than we
now use, and this would involve an addition to the present expenditure of the
Association of something like £1,000 a year. The Committee do not know whether,