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4. That it bo referred to the Sanitary Committee and Committee
of Works to consider the desirability of providing galvanized
iron pails with covers for the storage of dust, for all houses
where the yards can only ho entered through the living
rooms, or whoro a common dustbin cannot be provided by
the Vestry.
These recommendations were all approved by the Vestry,
and the various references were made as suggested.
The results so far are as follows:—
Constant Water Supply.— The Vestry expressed the
opinion that it was desirable to give a constant supply to
the portion of the parish lying south of a line drawn along
Percival Street, Corporation Row and Bowling Green Lane
to Farringdon Road, thence up Farringdon Road and along
Mount Pleasant to Phoenix Place; and decided to take the
necessary steps to cause same to be carried out. The Metropolitan
Board of Works were, in the first instance,
applied to in July, 1886, to put in force its powers in the
matter; but the Board replied that they had hitherto not
taken action in the matter, and did not think it desirable
to depart from their practice in the case of Clerkenwell.
The Vestry then made application to the Local Government
Board, and in October received from that Board copy of
its correspondence with the New River Company on the
matter, in which the Company stated their willingness
to provide the supply, but stated that some few months
must elapse before the district referred to could be dealt
with.
Soon after the close of the year to which this Report
refers, the Vestry received a letter from the Company that
they were taking steps to introduce the supply, and notices
have been issued that the change would take place on the
27th September, 1887.