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been necessary, as the conclusions he arrived at were exactly
similar to those of the Chief Inspector, and Health Committee,
that nothing short of an entire reconstruction ot the drainage,
etc., would meet the case, and that those recommendations
have been found to be perfectly justified and verified in the
following report of the Special Committee of the Guardians
appointed with reference to this question. The Architect
subsequently accepted various suggestions with reference to the
remodelling of the system of drainage, which were embodied in the
plans submitted to and approved by the Vestry, and the works
are at date of reporting being carried out, and when completed
will make the Infirmary one of the best drained institutions of
the parish.
Report of Special Committee of the Guardians
with Reference to Infirmary Drainage.
Your Committee recommend—
(1.) That the whole of the Drainage of the Infirmary, with
the exception of that in connection with Blocks "B" and "C,"
and also with the exception of the main Western Drain along
roadway, having been found, after careful testing, to be very
defective and insanitary, the same be removed and replaced by a
new system of Drainage upon modern sanitary principles, and
that the Architect be instructed to prepare a sketch Plan, showing
such new system of Drainage, for submission to the Vestry of
Battersea.
(2.) That all internal soil and waste pipes be removed and
replaced by cast galvanized iron pipes placed externally, such
pipes to have, in all cases, top ventilation placed well above roof
gutters—soil pipes from water closets only to be of lead.
(3.) That in all cases where the water supply to the water
closets and slop sinks is taken direct from the drinking water
cisterns, the same to be disconnected, and proper water waste
preventing cisterns be provided.