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St. Sabiour's District Board of Works.
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE BOARD
FOR THE YEAR 1882-83,
by
THE CLERK, MEDICAL OFFICER,
AND ANALYST;
Also Account in Abstract of Sums received and expended by
the Board during the same period.
Printed in accordance with section 198 of the Metropolis Local
Management Act, (18 and 19 Vict., cap. 120,) and ordered to be
circulated among the Inhabitants of the District.
Thames
Floods.
Incidental to the carrying out of the "Works authorised by the
Metropolis Management (Thames River Prevention of Floods)
Amendment Act, 1879, the question of Thames Floods has engaged
the attention of this Board several times during the past year.
The Board, as stated in the last Annual Report, had resolved that
the inner barriers or dams erected to keep out the tide should be
retained until such time, at least, as the new works had been
proved to be a sufficient safeguard; but, about the date of such
Report (June, 1882), applications were received for their removal,
on account of the obstruction which, it was alleged, they occasioned,
and on the assumption that in presence of the new works they
were no longer required. The Board having no desire to retain
them unnecessarily, caused a letter to be addressed to the Metropolitan
Board of Works enquiring whether, in their opinion, the
barriers could, consistently with the public safety, be abolished.
To this communication a reply was received, stating that the
matter had been referred to the Works and General Purposes
Committee of that Board, who, after consultation with their
Engineer, were advised that the barriers in question should be