§ 85. Lieutenant-Colonel GREENEasked the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been drawn to the serious disastrous floods which have recently taken place in the borough of Hackney owing to the overflow of the River Lea, causing many premises to become unfit for human habitation and endangering the health of the borough; and whether he can induce the authorities responsible to take such steps as may be considered advisable to prevent a recurrence of the floodings in the future?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Major Astor)The flooding in the Lea and Stort Valleys is now being investigated by one of the Board's engineering inspectors. This investigation will necessarily take some time, but the inspector has been instructed to report with as little delay as possible.