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the water to be obtained in the manner above described,
if the fittings are in accordance with their
regulations, and that cisterns are only needed to
supply the small flushing apparatus to the water
closets.
London Water Supply.
According to the monthly reports, the Thames
derived water has been found to be well filtered, clear
and bright for each month of the year. It is an invariable
rule that when the quantity of organic matter
present in the water is above the average, its mainly
vegetable character is proportionally more decided.
The singularly small rainfall which has characterised
most of the months of the year 1893, has been
continued to the end. With the exception of the
months of February and July, when the fall was above
the average, and October, when the mean fall was
slightly exceeded, each month has been conspicuously
deficient in rain ; there being a deficiency over the
whole year of no less than 8.46 inches of rain.
Inspection of the Parish.
Early in the Summer, in consequence of a case of
scarlet fever which occurred on the Glebe Estate, I
instructed our Sanitary Inspector to make a careful
inspection of the drainage in that part of the district,
and as a result of his investigation, I alluded to the
condition of the drainage in one of my monthly
reports "as being suspicious, if not alarming," and
suggested that the test should be applied to the
drains of every house.
It was found that in Binns Road alone, without
exception, every house drain required relaying
throughout. The pipes were disjointed, leaking
badly, and having a reversed fall, and in several