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With respect to the obligations of the water companies,
the Act provides that if any company violates,
refuses, or neglects to comply with any of the provisions
of the Act, as regards the proper filtration
and storage of the water, and the constant supply of
it at the prescribed pressure, it shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding two hundred pounds; and to
a further penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds
for every month of default, after it shall have
received notice in writing from the Board of Trade
to remedy such default; and the Act imposes on the
Board of Trade the Duty of appointing a competent
and impartial person to be a "Water Examiner" for
tho purpose of ascertaining whether the companies
have complied with tho regulations as regards the
effective filtration, and proper storage of the water.
Sanitary Work of the Year.
This is to a large extent tabulated in the Table
No. IX. of the Appendix; and it will be observed
that tho four Sanitary Inspectors have examined the
condition of 20,380 houses in the year, besides
making 303 inspections of the bakehouses of the
City, and delivering 2,928 notices for the periodical
cleansing of the Lodging-houses of tho City in
accordance with the 6th Regulation for the same.
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