CONSUMPTION SANATQRIUM.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13744, 27 May 1910, Page 3

CONSUMPTION SANATQRIUM.

WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE

The report af the Chairman of the Hospital Committee- (.Mr .W. W. Tanner), presented at the meeting of the United Charitable Aid Board yesterday, stated that the water supply and disposal of sewage at the Consumption -Sui-utorium at Cashmere had been in evidence.for tw,o months past. Tlie Litter was admittedly incomplete -when the Board took office, and a better system of distribution is being carried out. A sub-committee of inspection ot tiv premises on 31ay 19th came to the conclusion that* if a plot of half an acre or so at the foot of the hills could be acquired, filter beds might be established to advantage, but this suggestion is not yet a recommendation to tho Board. It will, however, be necessary shortly to enlarge the premises of the Sanatorium. The Hospital Committee, after sundry inspections of the water supply, placed the matter in the hands of the chairman and engineer, "with power to act," and finally an oil engine of three horse-power was obtained in lieu of a windmill, but this step was not ttken till the last moment, when there were only two inches left in the reservoir. • Had not the Board's meeting been delayed . a week, tho question would have been held back for approval, but the urgency was too pressing "ior further delay. In fixing the supply pipes, the engineer reported that the previous pipes had been laid in such a manner that the water forced up to the reservoir encountered at right angles at two points, thus greatly decreasing the efficiency of the plant, and explaining the comparative inadequacy of the windmill. The circumstances deserved enquiry, and the Board would do well to investigate the whole matter. Mr Allison, as chairman of the old committee, said that from first to last they had left the question of sewage in the hands of the architects. The first system put in was not perfect, and then alterations were made. The old committee knew- nothing of the I faulty connections of the water supply I pipes, and left it to the architects to supervise the erection of the windmill. A good deal of the outrageous talk about the water supply had been brc-jght about by the doctor in charge, who objected to tho noise of the windmill, and said he would not use the shelters near it. The doctor was determined to yet rid of the windmill. The report was adopted, and the action of the chairman of the Hospital Committee in purchasing an oil engine at a cost of £100 was approved of.