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I recommend, and I hope to submit it at an early meeting of
the Board. Many of the old ventilators of the public sewers
have been removed, and charcoal ventilators put in their places.
If the system of deodorizing or absorbing the sewer gas by means
of charcoal were carried out extensively in the district, it would
necessitate the construction of a number of additional ventilators.
From my own observation, the old ventilators give much greater
acility for ventilation than the charcoal ventilators. I am a great
advocate for free and uninterrupted ventilation of sewers. I cannot
go into details, as it will occupy too much space.
There are several parts of the district where no out-fall sewers
at present exist, viz.: there is no sewer upon the Bromley Road
further than the turning of the road to Sydenham; none in
Beckenham Lane, or in qouthend Lane, East of the Railway
Bridge. The sewer in Hither Green Lane stops near George
Lane. There is no sewer upon Sydenham Hill. In Brockley
Lane the sewer is not laid further than the "Chandos Arms," and
there is no sewer in part of the Peckham Road, Forest Hill.
I have the honor to be, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant,
JOHN CARLINE,
Civil Engineer.
To the Board of Worlcs
for the Lewisham District.