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drains, the soil, &c., was washed across to the opposite side of the
inspection chamber, contrary to the regulations of the Vestry.
Considerable correspondence ensued, and eventually he
submitted a plan which was approved by the Vestry, and the
works were ordered to be carried out in accordance with the
Drainage regulations. As however, certain works had been
executed which were not shown upon his plan, he was
requested to furnish an amended application, but in the meantime,
he had taken up and diverted a considerable portion of the general
system of drainage, and had further substituted a four inch drain
for the six inch main drain.
The Committee approved of the action of the Chief Sanitary
Inspector, in refusing to test the drains which had not been
sanctioned, and directed that the matter should be placed in the
hands of the Vestry's Solicitor with a view to proceedings being
taken.
These were subsequently instituted, a summons being
granted. Upon service however, it was discovered that the
defendant had gone to Australia, and was not expected back
for several months.
18th October.—At this meeting the Chief Sanitary Inspector
reported with reference to a nuisance alleged to arise from the
manufacture of gas at the London and South Western Railway
Co.'s Works in Plough Road, that in the early hours of the
morning of the 7th October, the residents in the locality of Plough
and Maysoule Roads, suffered from offensive effluvia gaining
access to the houses and producing a considerable amount of
sickness. Upon receipt of the complaint, certain of the houses
were visited and the smell of gas was distinctly noticeable, which
at first caused suspicion that the drains of the houses were
defective, and that the smell must have arisen from some matter
passed into the sewer and escaping through the defects in the drains.
As however there were houses similarly affected in which the
drains were known to be in sound condition, he was of opinion that