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and when authorised the notices are made out by the Clerks an I
served by Messenger. The Chief Inspector also personally conducts
all Police Court proceedings and supervises and certifies new drain
age work. The District Inspectors are thus enabled to devote their
whole time and energies to the inspection of house property and
trade premises, and already the new arrangement shews an increased
efficiency of at least fifty per cent. over the old system.
DRAINAGE REGULATIONS..
So long ago as 1888 the Royal Commissioners strongly urged the
Vestry to make " bye-laws as to house drains and drain fittings under
Sec. 202 of the Metropolis Local Management Act" but for some
reason or other this has never been done. This failure to make
proper Regulations has led to complaints of irregular sanitary
administration, and it has been alleged that certain forms of sanitary
appliance (interceptors &c.) have been considered indispensable in
some parts of the Parish which were not insisted upon in others.
I am not aware that any special form of apparatus has ever been
required under a Statutory Notice, but I cannot deny that the
personal influence of particular Inspectors may have been exercised
to obtain results over and above the exact requirements of the
formal notice. With this action I confess I have found no fault so
long as the result has been satisfactory.
The Drainage Regulations printed below have been formulated
and sanctioned by the Vestry. They will apply to the whole of the
Parish and I trust there will now be no more complaints of inequality.
Regulations respecting Drains and Sanitary Arrangements
of Houses and other Buildings.
Notices to be given to Vestry and plans submitted before commencing
any building or drains.
Before beginning to dig out or lay the foundation of any
new house or building or to rebuild any house or building,
and also before making any drain for the purpose of draining,
directly or indirectly, into any sewer, or re-constructing
or altering the drains of any house or building, seven days.