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having, amongst others, tendered, and his tender (£87 10s. 0d.
per horse per annum) being the lowest, the Hoard resolved to
accept the same, and a contract has been entered into by which
be undertakes to supply at the rate aforesaid a minimum
number of twelve horses on week days and two on Sundays and
public holidays, and any extra horses that may from time to
time he ordered, not exceeding twelve. Tenders were also
obtained for a shoot, and Messrs. Wakeley, Bros, having offered
to receive all dust, slop and refuse at 2s. per ton, and their
tender being the lowest, the Board resolved to accept it, and a
contract has been entered into accordingly for a period of three
years, determinable by either party at the end of the first or
second year. The work is now well in hand and further
particulars regarding it will be found in the Surveyor's Report.
During the course of the year, the Board caused several
analyses to be made of the water supplied by the two Companies
supplying the district, viz., the Southward and Vauxhall and
Lambeth Water Companies, and the results are shown in the
Reports of Mr. Richard Bodmer. F.I.C., the Board's Analyst,
thereon, a copy of which is submitted :
" Analytical Laborratory,
12 & 14, southwark Street, lonm.n, s.e.,
September 12th, 1892.
" Report on the analysis of two sample* of water received
September 5th from Inspectors Grist and Broadhead. The samples
were contained in Winchester quart bottles, sealed and labelled
respectively, 'Water from Southwark and Van shall Company Mains,
September 5th, 1892. and Sample Water taken from the Lambeth
Companv's Mains, Blackfriars Road. September 5th, 1892.'
"Both samples were clear and of a yellowish green tint when
viewed in a 2ft. stratum. They were free from taste or odour.
Water
Supply.
" They contained and yielded in grains per gallon : —
Southwark & Vanxhall.
Lambeth
Total Solid Matter
18.50
19.00
Lost on Ignition
3.00
3.00
Mineral Solids
15.50
16.00
Combined Chlorine
1.25
1.30
Equal to Common Salt
2.06
2.14
Nitrogen as Nitrates
0.081
0.090
Nitrites
none
none
Saline Ammonia
trace
trace
Albumenoid Ammonia
0.0085
0.0070
Oxygen required
0.063
0.073
Hardness (in degrees)
12.4°
12.4°
" Remarks.— On comparing these figures with the results of the
July analyses a decided deterioration in organic purity is manifest.
The figures for ' Loss on Ignition,' ' Albumenoid Ammonia,' and
'Oxygen required' are considerably higher in both samples than in
July, and slightly worse than the results obtained in October last, when
the river was in flood.
" In my opinion both samples are decidedly impure, and require
but little more to be condemned as unfit for drinking.
"R. BODMER."