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At the Sewage Works, all the tanks and carriers have
now been covered in, so that practically all the sewage is
now covered from the time it leaves the house until it reaches
the contact beds.
Numerous samples have been taken by the Thames
Conservancy, and on one occasion a complaint was received
concerning the effluent as it issued into the Thames.
Measures were taken to improve this, and since then no
further complaint has been received.
There has been a marked diminution in the number of
complaints received from Barking of the smells emanating
from the works since the alterations were carried out.
The two new filter beds came into use during the latter
part of the year.