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of houses by a combined operation under the order of any
Vestry or District Board.
Sec. 112, 25 & 26 Vict., c. 102. The word "drain" shall
be deemed to apply to and include the subject matter
specified in sec. 250, 18 & 19 Vict., c. 120, and also any
drain for draining a group or block of houses by a combined
operation laid or constructed before the 1st day of January,
1856, pursuant to the order or direction, or with the
sanction or approval of the Metropolitan Commissioners of
Sewers.
Sec. 250, 18 & 19 Vict., c. 120. The word "sewer"
shall mean and include sewers and drains of every description
except drains to which the word "drain" interpreted
as aforesaid applies.
Sec. 68, 18 & 19 Vict., c. 120. All sewers made or to be
made within any such parish (parishes mentioned under
Schedule A of the Act, in which Lambeth is included),
except sewers or works vested or to be vested in the Metropolitan
Board of Works as hereinafter mentioned, shall be
vested in such Vestry.
Sec. 69, 18 8c 19 Vict., c. 120. The Vestry . . . shall
. . . from time to time repair and maintain the sewers
under this Act vested in them.
Definition of the word " Drain."
A channel that conveys sewage, waste or surface water,
discharging from one house only.
Definition of the word " Sewer."
A channel that conveys sewage, waste or surface water,
discharging from two or more houses.
When a Sewer becomes a Drain within the meaning of the
Act.
When it drains a group or block of houses on a combined