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so as to overtake the growth of houses. The first steps in this direction
have already been taken by the Council, and plans and estimates for
the new sewer required to relieve the lower portions of the Ilolloway
and Hackney Storm Relief Sewer have been ordered.
FLUSHING CISTERNS.
The condition of urinals at public-houses has been brought under
notice by the Chief Surveyor who had previously been in communication
"with the New River Company with a view to fixing automatic flushing
cisterns to secure the proper cleansing and flushing of such urinals
This the Company had declined to sanction but had intimated that they
would be willing to allow cisterns to be used which were dependent for
their action upon the services of an attendant.
The Yestry being of opinion that some automatic means of flushing
such urinals should be provided, applied to the London County Council,
as the Metropolitan Authority under the Metropolis Water Act, 1891,
to request the New River Company to make such alterations in their
regulations as might be necessary in order that automatic flushing
cisterns of such capacity as might be required for the efficient flushing
of urinals might no longer be prohibited.
It was also suggested that cisterns of a capacity of three gallons
should be allowed for the flushing of w.c.'s, the two-gallon cisterns
permitted by the New River Company being, in the opinion of the
Chief Surveyor, inadequate for the proper flushing and cleansing of
the w.c. basins.
The Council declined to move in the matter, alleging that it would
be difficult, if not impossible, to obtain any alteration of regulations
which were settled by the Board of Trade after long enquiry with the
several Water Companies and the late Metropolitan Board of Works.
They also stated that they had been in communication with the
New River Company with a view to arriving at some arrangement
whereby automatic flushing cisterns might be allowed ; but they found
that the Company were only prepared to permit the use of such cisterns
when payment for the water supplied thereto was by meter.