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cleaning out. This should often be done. Invariably
when water is found to be deficient in quality, dirty cisterns
have been found to be the fault.
This is all the more reason that we should have a
constant instead of intermittent supply, which we have at
present. Of course in frosty weather, such as we had in the
early part of last year, water may be imperfectly filtered,
but as a rule the water supply is excellent.
I have been over the water works myself and know full
well the amount of trouble the water companies take to
produce a pure filtered water, so essential to health.
In 7 cases I found closets supplied direct from cisterns,
and I have found many closets deficient in water supply.
Flush cisterns often get out of order and unless the
tenants take interest in looking after them, and in helping
the landlords to keep them in order, the latter often are
blamed, when the fault lies with the occupier entirely.
In January, 1895, Beaconsfield Terrace was in a bad state
as to the drainage and water supply, and the houses would
not let.
The property changed hands.
The present owner carried out all suggestions. The
drainage and water supply are now good, and all the houses
are let.
In South View Villas, very many defects were pointed
out to your Board.
The owner after some considerable delay, carried out all
the directions given.
Several defects in drainage and water supply in South
Lane were found out. These were rectified as far as possible,
but all these houses sadly want a good sewer along this
road, which will be accomplished, when the Old Maiden
Sewerage Scheme is carried out.
The Sanitary conditions of houses in your district
improve every year.
A great many defects as to drainage continually crop
up and are rectified.
It is a great pity that all houses are not connected
with our sewers. We may be pretty certain that the
cesspools of these houses, not connected with our Sewerage
System, overflow indirectly into our road drains and cause
a nuisance.
The houses in Kingston Vale are still in a very
unsatisfactory state, and several sanitary defects, which I
brought to your notice, have been remedied.
These houses drain into cesspools of limited capacity,
and these cesspools have often to be emptied.
This cannot be rectified till the contemplated Sewage
Scheme of your Cooiube Ward is completed,