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the Council at the request of the owners, and on
their agreeing to pay the expense apportioned.
The default of the owners necessitated the
Council's action to enforce the remaining seven
notices.
At the beginning of the year a house to
house inspection was made in King Charles'
Crescent and Mayberry Place, with the result
that the drains and sanitary arrangements of
each house were found to be in a defective
condition.
Notices were served upon the owner, to
reconstruct the drains and provide each house
with a sufficient water-closet. The owner agreed
to comply with all the Council's requirements with
the exception of re-laying the combined drain to
which the house drains were connected. He
objected to this on the ground that under the
provisions of Section 4 of the Public Health Act,
1875, it was a sewer, and the Council were
responsible for keeping it in a proper state of
repair. As it was a questionable point whether
the combined drain was a sewer or not, it was
subsequently agreed that the Council should
execute the whole of the work, the owner to pay
half the cost of reconstructing the combined drain
and the whole of the cost of the house drainage
and other necessary sanitary work.
The work has now been completed in accordance
with a plan and specification prepared by
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