HC Deb 28 February 1895 vol 31 cc9-10
MR. F. W. WOOTTON ISAACSON (Tower Hamlets, Stepney)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the drainage of the barracks in the Tower is of a defective character, and that the drains are in an insanitary condition; and whether he will cause an immediate inspection, with a view to their reconstruction on scientific principles, so as to avoid any dangerous consequences which may arise from the drains remaining in their present state?

MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

A thorough inspection of the Tower drainage was completed last month, with the result that the system generally was not found to be defective. Some minor defects were detected which are receiving attention.

In answer to a further question by MR. WOOTTON ISAACSON,

MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

said, the inspection was carried out with the assistance of an accomplished professor of sanitary science.

MR. WOOTTON ISAACSON

asked if the right hon. Gentleman knew that some of the sanitary work previously done was imperfectly carried out, that the population of the locality was very dense, and that the health of the people had been injuriously affected by the defective drainage?

MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

said, it was true that a small portion of the work of certain alterations which were carried out a short time ago was imperfectly done, but those defects had now been remedied.