§ SIR JOHN COLOMBI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board what action has been taken by the Department with reference to complaints made by the Poplar District Board of Works relative to the insanitary condition of the River Lea?
§ * THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. RITCHIE, Tower Hamlets, St. George's)I have communicated with the Corporation of West Ham with reference to the allegations of the Poplar District Board of Works, and I am awaiting their 901 reply. I have also directed one of the Engineering Inspectors of the Board, who has made previous inquiry as to the discharge of sewage into the River Lea by the West Ham Corporation, to visit West Ham and to report the result of his inquiries. His previous engagements have prevented his visiting the works until to-day. I expect shortly to have his Report.