§ MR. C. E. TRITTON (Lambeth, Norwood)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, in view of the great inconvenience and danger to which the inhabitants of Norwood have been lately exposed by the failure in the water supply, he will represent very strongly to the Lambeth Waterworks Company the necessity of immediate notice being given to consumers in future should it be found necessary for any reason to restrict or discontinue the ordinary supply?
§ MR. CHAPLINI have communicated with the Lambeth Water Company and impressed upon them the great importance of giving early notice, so far as circumstances will permit, of any probable deficiency in the water supply of their district. I think I should add that the deficiency in the water supply was very sudden, that it was occasioned by causes which could not have been foreseen, and was at an end after five or six days. Under such circumstances it would have been very difficult to give notice to the many thousands of water consumers in the district in time to be id practical service.