CAPTAIN COLOMB&c.) (Tower Hamlets, Bow,asked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether, in view of the long continued offensive and insanitary state of the River Lea in the midst of a densely crowded population, he can state with whom the blame lies; and, what action has been already taken, and what action it is proposed to take, to remedy the serious evil universally complained of in the district?
THE PRESIDENT (Mr. RITCHIE) (Tower Hamlets,) St. George'sThe Local Government Board have received complaints from the Poplar District Board of Works with reference to the alleged wholesale discharge of sewage into the river from the works of the borough of West Ham without deodorization. The Board have communicated with the Town Council of West Ham and the Conservators of the Lea on the subject; and one of the Board's Inspectors has recently visited the works without previous notice. The Board consider that there should be further inquiry; and it has been arranged that one of the Inspectors of the Board should attend at West Ham for that purpose on Thurs- 24 day next. The Town Council and the Lea Conservators have been informed of this arrangement.