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London this has already been done by the East
London Waterworks Company, who have given notice
to the Metropolitan Board of Works of their intention
to bring under constant supply, on and after the 25 th
of March next, the whole of the premises in the block
of buildings between Hackney Road, Cambridge
Heath Road, Church Street Bethnal Green, and
Shoreditch High Street. This block contains 6,273
houses, or thereabouts, and it appears to be the intention
of the Company to deal in the same manner
with other parts of their district, including the City.
The public must be prepared, therefore, for considerable
alterations in the state of their fittings, so as
to adapt them for constant service; and if such alterations
are not made within two months after notice
from the Company, the Company may enter the
premises and do the necessary work at the expense
of the consumer or owner, or the supply may be cut
off and the premises proceeded against as a nuisance,
and the person in default liable to a penalty of £5.
In view, therefore, of such obligations it behoves
the public to make provision, with as little delay as
possible, for the adaptation of their fittings to a
constant service, seeing that they have been clamouring
for this for many years past, and that their wishes
may at any moment be realised.
Sanitary Work of the Year.
This is shown in the Seventh Table of the Appendix,
and it will be observed that 19,784 inspections of
houses have been made by the four sanitary inspectors