§ MR. JOHN HOLMSasked the Secretary of the Local Government Board, Whether his attention has been drawn to the pollution of the River Lea at Tottenham by sewage, and to the fact that a large number of dead fish are found lining the edge of the towing-path, producing a state of the atmosphere which is most detrimental to the health of the neighbourhood; and, if so, whether any steps have been taken by the Government to remedy the evil?
§ MR. CLARE READ, in reply, said, that the attention of the Board had for a considerable time been drawn to the state of the River Lea; and on the 23rd instant they received a Memorial on the subject, in which the circumstance with regard to the dead fish was referred to. The Board had for many months past been urging upon the sanitary authorities of Tottenham the necessity of completing without delay the works undertaken by them for the deodorization of their sewage, and on the 23rd instant—the same day on which the Memorial was received—the Board were informed by the Tottenham Local Board that the new tanks would be put into work at once, and would be steadily at work from that date. The Local Board also stated that they had settled the preliminary arrangements with a Company for treating the sewage, and they trusted that before many weeks elapsed the process would be in operation.