The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-09 00:00:00

WANT OF SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS IN THE

PARISH OF FULHAM.
A deputation from the District Board of the parish
of Fulham yesterday waited upon the Board to pre-
sent a memorial, urging the commencement forth-
with of the main drainage works for that district.
The deputation consisted of Messrs. Crooke. Morri-
son, Coxhead, Hesketh, Hurst, Barnett, M'Crae,
Ayres, Bean (surveyor), and Lively (clerk). The
memorial stated that a large portion of this densely
populated parish was entirely undrained, by reason
of the sewage falling into the Thames and creating
an enormous and pestilential mud bank, extending
from the Creek to the Suspension-bridge, and they
considered that the construction of local sewers in
such places under present circumstances would be
removing the evil from one place to create as great
a nuisance in another. The open Stamfordbrook
received a large amount of sewage from Harlsden-
green, East Acton, and Turnham-green, spreading
its baneful influence over a considerable portion of
the best property through which it runs, to the
great depreciation of the value of the property and
an injury to the public health. In the parish of
Fulham similar evils existed, and for a great extent
open ditches of considerable length, formerly tidal,
have, by frequent cleansing, had their beds lowered
beneath the levels of the outfalls, and were thus
converted into elongated cesspools, constantly
charged with the most offensive and deleterious
matter. Large areas, with a crowded population,
were without any sewerage whatever, the whole
being riddled with cesspools, which by percolation
were poisoning the wells and rendering them unfit
for domestic purposes, while the costly works of the
Counters Creek Sewer had been of no benefit to
them, being cut off by the West London Railway
and the Kensington Canal. The inhabitants had
cheerfully contributed to the main drainage rate,
as the means for the removal of these evils, and they
trusted that the main drainage works for this dis-
trict would be commenced forthwith;

Mr. CROOKES addressed thg Board in support of
the memorial, and said that the evils complained of
in the memorial extended over an area of 10 square
miles, with 40,000 inhabitants. There had been
attempts made to remedy these evils by means of a
temporary character, but they had been found to
be altogether ineffectual until their local drainage
could be passed into a large outfall sewer. They,
had received frequent complaints fnom the inhabit-
ants, and the medical officer had strengthened them
in the opinion that they were suffering from the
want of proper drainage. _ _

Mr. STEVENS moved that the memorial be referred
to the Main Drainage Committee for consideration
and report, and said he bilieved the Board would
acquit him of any charge of neglect in not press-
ing upon them on all occasions the necessity of
commencing and completing the main drainage
works for the parish of Fulham, and he trusted the
time was not far distant, and that none would be
lost in giving some satisfactory answer to the gen-
tlemen who formed the deputation.
Mr. ROBINSON seconded the motion.
main
I‘lr. EcKETT wished to ask Mr. Bazalgette, their
do all in their drainage works, which would affect the parish
chief engineer, to inform them why it was that the
of Fulham had been delayed so long. It was their
duty to
all parties, A
an, ei power to give satisfaction to
especiallyimportan so in reference to a ques-
tion
of so much
, and the utterly impossible to carry outi3antrineer'
parts
of the main
said it was
Mr. BAZALGETTE, the chiefce g
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drainage at the same time
tricts had been taken first, which
the memorialists would feel was the proper
to be taken, They had let as large a portion of the