 In 1841 the East London Waterworks Company was supplying 36,916 houses.On 10 January 1845 the Southwark Waterworks Company and the Vauxhall Waterworks Company submitted a memorandum to the Health of Towns Commissioners proposing amalgamation.A consequent bill successfully passed through parliament, and the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company was formed later that year.