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except in the quarter occupied by the Jewish poor,
was this example followed. Two years after this the
matter was again brought into public notice, by a
report from the engineer and myself, prepared at
your request, to show the advantages of the system.
At that time there were 27 of these stand-posts, with
waste-water preventers, in the City—18 of which
had been provided and maintained by the Commissioners,
and 9 by the Jewish Board of Guardians;
and the two years experience of their usefulness had
been so conclusively satisfactory to us, that we
recommended their employment by the landlords of
the poorer class of dwellings, wherever it was practicable
; but, as in the last case, the recommendation
was abortive. Very recently, in consequence of a communication
from the Gas and Water Committee of
the corporation, the matter has been again discussed,
and we have ascertained from the New River Company
that in consideration of the importance of
the subject, they are prepared to lay down at their
own expense a constant service into every court
occupied by the poor of the City, and to provide
the necessary waste-water contrivance (which
will cost in each case about £2), at a rental of six
per cent, on the outlay—the landlord being under the
obligation to keep it in repair. It is hardly possible
to meet the question in a more liberal spirit, and yet
I fear, from the prejudices of landlords, which