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The work of the Department in the abatement of nuisances
continues to increase, and much work of a valuable and permanent
character has been executed by the Inspectors during the year.
General Sanitary Condition of the District.
(a.) The population at the last Cenus (1891) was 32,710.
The estimated population in January, 1899, was 79,640, this
number being arrived at by counting the number of occupied
houses.

(b.) The area of the District is 3,266 acres, and there are
about 28 persons per acre, and 5.95 persons per inhabited house.
(c.) The subsoil is sand and gravel, overlying the London
clay, much of the District being marshy.
(d.) The water supply is from the East London Water Works
Company, and is mostly obtained-from deep wells; it is generally
ample, and of good quality, and the amount used is about thirty
gallons per head, per day.
(e.) The system of sewerage is by water carriage; the sewage
is collected by two large main sewers,' serving respectively the
northern and southern parts of the District, which meet and
discharge at the Pumping Station, Bonny Downs. It is there
chemically treated, and precipitated in tanks, the effluent passing
through filters, and thence into Barking Creek, the sludge being
put on the land, where there is ample space.