A RENEWED CHALLENGE TO THE NEW MINISTER OF HEALTH
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your issue of November 14th you allowed me to point out what serious trouble was being caused in Wands. worth by the failure to secure proper control of the open sewer known as the Wandle River. Your readers may care to know that as the result of a little publicity the Wandsworth Borough Council has now appointed a Special Committee to consider the matter, so that things appear to be moving in the right direction. Apparently there is little room for doubt that if the London County Council would do its duty in this matter, which it certainly has not hitherto done, the Borough Council of Wandsworth would find its task of cleaning up the -streets built on the river bank much simpler. This is a clear case of neglected duty by the London County Council—a neglect so grave and palpable that the inactivity of the Ministry of Health is inexcusable.—I am, Sir, &c., 88 Cadogan Place, S.W. 1.
G. W. Cuartin.
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