§ 65. Lieut.-Colonel Heneageasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware 583 that certain towns discharge crude sewage and trade effluent in the tidal channels of rivers, with the result that there is a danger of sewage being carried down the coast and contaminating seaside towns; and whether he is satisfied that he has sufficient powers to deal with this matter under the present law?
§ Sir K. WoodI have received occasional allegations of contamination of the kind suggested in the question. My powers are, I think, sufficient to deal with any substantiated complaint.