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that when, on the representation of the Nuisance
Authority, it appears to the Board of Trade that a
constant supply of water is needed by any group or
number of dwelling-houses in a court or passage, or
otherwise in contiguity, and that such supply cannot
be well or effectually given except by means of a
stand-pipe or other apparatus placed outside the
dwelling-houses, the Board of Trade may order such
means of supply, and the expense thereof shall be
borne by the owners. At your request, however, the
New River Company have agreed to furnish the
supply without the order of the Board of Trade.
This is a liberal concession which cannot be too
highly appreciated, for it affords the means whereby
the poor may obtain cool and wholesome water at all
times directly from the main, without the intervention
of filthy butts or cisterns. It also prevents waste,
and enables us to abolish the overflow pipes which
communicate with the drain, and so bring foul gases
from the sewers into the houses of the poor. I have
given you a list of places in the City where this kind
of service may be advantageously adopted, and I
recommend it to your consideration, as it may be
some time before the provisions of the Metropolis
Water Act of 1871 are fully in operation within
the City.
SANITARY WORK.
The details of the sanitary work performed in the
City during each quarter of the year are tabulated in