SEWER.\GE OF THE C.\PE PENINSULA. 



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—compared with the population and vahiation — beyond stating" 

 that this Municipahty has not, in my opinion, got good value 

 for its money. 



Simonstown Municipality completes the list of municipalities 

 which, at considerable expense, have had the courage to pro- 

 vide a water carriage system of sewerage. There are several 

 sectional outfalls discharging directly into the sea. 



The remaining municipalities in the Peninsula, viz., Wood- 

 stock, Mowbray, Rondebosch, Claremont and Maitland, have 

 still this sewerage problem to face and grapple with, and it 

 is for these areas that I plead most earnestly that public 

 opinion should be aroused and educated up to the point of 

 demanding that the present insanitary, extravagant, and dis- 

 graceful state of affairs should be swept away, and a more 

 enlightened policy and a cleaner and healthier method of dis- 

 posal of its sewage be adopted as speedily as possible. I feel 

 strongly upon this subject, and as a sanitarian of over 25 years' 

 practical experience I have no hesitation in saying that t con- 

 sider the existing state of affairs, in this twentieth century, to 

 be nothing short of a scandal and disgrace to the community. 

 Whilst vast sums of money have been expended by these 

 municipalities in the erection of town halls, street-making and 

 other works, the real root and foundation of the public health, 

 viz. : the efficient and cleanly disposal of sewerage, has been 

 most shamefully neglected, and at this present moment, in 

 many cases, the channels in the streets may be seen flowing 

 wnth liquid filth. 



The following statement is prepared from information 

 kindly supplied to me by the Clerks of the said Municipalities, 

 to whom my thanks are due for their trouble in so doing, 

 viz : — 



