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A great many notices have been served by the Inspectors of
Nuisances to abate nuisances, supply dust-bins, compel water
supply, and the removal of pigs.
I am at present engaged in carefully cleaning out the large
sewers of the Board. It is a very expensive process, cleaning the
sewers, from deposits of road sand or drift. I calculate it must
cost about £1 for every cubic yard removed from the sewers.
The work is done by the Board's labourers. I am exeedingly
anxious to see a good system of ventilation carried out with
regard to house-drains. No drainage application is now approved
of, excepting with the understanding that the house-drains are
ventilated in an efficient manner, but I find a very great difficulty
in getting the requirements of the Board carried out. I have
more trouble in this particular than any other part of my duties,
and it is a constant source of anxiety to me. Sewers cannot be
ventilated properly through house-drains; and, on the other hand,
house-drains cannot be ventilated by the public sewers. Every
sewer and every drain needs its own separate and distinct ventilation.
I have no doubt in my own mind the proper system is
to have a separate pipe for the ventilation of the house drains.
I am preparing a drawing showing the system of ventilation