| AdminHistory | By the early 1870s the need to address the Borough's sewage problem was becoming acute, with growing public complaints and the threat of legal action. The Sewage Inquiry Committee consisting of eight members, including Joseph Chamberlain, and was appointed by the main Council Committee in July 1871. The Council felt there was a need for a specially appointed body to consider 'the great importance of the question of the disposal of the sewage of the borough so as to avoid the pollution of the neighbouring rivers and streams, or otherwise create a nuisance, and the desirability, if possible, of obtaining for any scheme in relation thereto the unanimous assent of the Council'. |