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The effluvia (much exaggerated) may be checked in
detail, but not in the mass. A volume might be written
on the subject, and little advantage gained.
Having gone over the same ground before, and given
much attention to it, and calling attention to the fact that
the drainage of many miles has to pass through St.
James's, the solution, an admittedly unpleasant one, must
remain unsolved.
New roads can be dealt with, but as new roads they
are wider and at higher level, St. James's is one of the
districts that has to accommodate them, they cannot help
St. James's.
The Sewerage of St. James's is, on the whole, good in
itself, but the various fluctuations of Acts of Parliament
and so-called "fashion" have complicated affairs generally,
that it is a wonder these matters are kept as well as they
are ; and on the whole, they are in very fair condition.
Perpetual watchfulness has its place in this result.
The Gas and Water Companies would coincide with
myself in saying that if the whole system could be started
afresh at the present time, many, if not most of the
existing inconveniences could be avoided, but as at the
time when these works were done the exigencies of the
day were never dreamt of, allowances must be made for