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HOUSE-DRAINAGE.
be found till the stream shall be narrowed and
embanked.
Meanwhile, the complaints which reached the
Committee of Health during the summer, together
with the results of my own inspection, lead me to
believe that the several small docks which lie
along the City bank of the river from the Tower
to the Temple, fulfil little really useful purpose;
that they are to a great extent used as laystalls
for their vicinage; that copious deposits and
accumulations of filth take place in them; that
they are a nuisance and injury, except to the very
few who are interested in their maintenance; and
that it would be of public advantage that they
should be filled up. In these opinions, I am glad
to have the concurrence of the Surveyor of your
Honourable Court.