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Penge— Continued.
Amberley Road 2
Lullington Road 3
Anerley Park 1
St. Hugh's Road 2
Ridsdale Road 3
South Laurie Park 4
Dulwich Road 2
Forbes Road 2
Kingswood Road 1
Park Road 1
Avington Grove 1
Selby Road 2
Queen Adelaide Road 1
Beverley Road 2
Derwent Road 2
Harcourt Road 2
Seymour Villas 1
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I regret exceedingly I cannot report favourably as to the
charcoal ventilators. Charcoal as at present used offers a great
impediment to free ventilation. In constructing most of the
above ventilators I have taken the precaution of providing an air
chamber, apart from the mud or dirt receptacle, so that at any
time I can apply charcoal. I hope to see at some future time
such a valuable property as charcoal possesses of absorbing or
oxidizing sewer gas put to a good practical use, at the present
time, however, my experience warrants my not being favourable
to its use. Theory does not always hold good in practice, and I
do not think I need be ashamed to say I have learnt more by
crawling through sewers and becoming practically acquainted
with the channels to be ventilated than by the theoretical books
I have read. The large sewers under my charge have been
regularly cleansed during the year, and I look upon this as a very
important matter, tending to the health of the district. At the
present time I am considering the advisibility of regularly flushing
the sewers, but in a report of this nature I cannot go