The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-09 00:00:00

WATER SUPPLIEL

22. Are the door adequately supplied with water?
23. What accommodation have they for keeping 0-. e
water, and what is its general condition?
24. Is the charge for it reasonable ?
25. Does its scarcity conduce to uncleanliness and ill-
health, and are the comforts of the poor greatly abridged
in consequence ?
26. Is it not the duty of the Legislature to produce an
abundant supply of water, and to protect the poor from
high and unreasonable charges ?
27. Would not a constant supply of water to the
public at large, and to the poor in particular, at high
pressure, instead of the present intermittent supply at
low pressure, greatly conduce to the comfort, cleanliness,
health, and morality of the people ?
28. Would it not be advantageous if all dwelling-
houses capable of being benefited by an amply supply of
water were rated in the same way as for sewage and
other local purposes ?

29. Are the present water companies sufficiently under
the control of Government ?

VENTILATION AND LIGHT.

30. Is sufficient attention paid to the ventilation of
workshops and house*, occupied by the poor in your dis-
trict ?

31. Is the neglect of it productive of demoralisation,
such al drunkenness, &c. ?

32. It is proved that the want of ventilation is a pro-
lific source of disease, such as level*, consumption, scro-
fula, &c., among the inhabitants. Do you think that
public means should be adopted for promoting a proper
system of ventilation in a!! chtices for public nisi in-
blage acd resort, especially those for tl,e education of
youth ?

- 33. It is hkewife proved by the 4 videnee taken by the
ll,alth of Towns Commission, that ovwrcrowding in
common lodging houses in poor neighbourhoods is
prolific source of disease and demoralisation. Are you of
opinion that such lodging-houses should be placed under
inspection and controul ?
. .

3t. 1)o you think that in the cons.traction of dwel-
llngs for the poor, provision for the efficient admission
of light (ecpccially solar light) and air should be en-
forced ?

35. Do you think it would be desirable to give power
to parishes, or to the local administrative bodies, to
raise money to purchase property for the purpose of
opening thoroughfares whereby both light and air would
be more freely admitted into the abodes of the poor?
56. Can you suggest any plan reconcileable with the
feelings of the poor to remedy the evil of keeping the
bodies of their dead (frequently for a week or upwards)
in the same room with the living?

ETItEET CLEANSING,
37. How often are the streets, courts, and alleys
cleansed in your district, and by what means?
38. Are they effectually cleansed? _

32. Are the habits of the people as to cleanliness af-
fected by the condition of the streets, alleys, &c.

40. What is the reason that in some parts of the me-
tropolis the street, courts, and alleys are cleaned
while i❑ others they are only cleansed at indefinite and
irregular periods?
41. Are those courts which are private property
cleansed by the public scavengers?
42. Ought mews to be kept as clean as the streets?
43. If the public thorouglifar, s were skilfully con-
structed, proper attention being paid to surface drain-
age, and efficient kennelling, would there, in your opi-
nion, be a diminution in the price to be paid fur cleans-
ing them?

INTERMENT IN TOWNS.

44. Is not interment in towns frequently attended with
desecration of the dead, as will as with outrage on public
decency, and is not th s fr'quent disturbance (f the earth
in churchyards, saturated with the gases of decomposing
animal matter, deleterious to health ?