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repairable by the owner of the house connected,
therewith.*
It is not clear what the intention of the Legislature
was when the 250th Sec. of the Metropolis
Local Management Act, 1855, was amended by the
112th Sec. of the Act of 1862, but it may be
supposed that it was taken for granted that the
records of the Commissioners of Sewers had been
properly kept, and that no drains had been laid
without their order, such order being recorded in
each case. Had that been done, the present difficulty
would not have arisen, and all, or almost all,
existing combined drains would be at law private
drains, repairable by the owners of the houses
connected thereto. If that be the case no
hardship will be inflicted in making the houseowners
responsible for the repairs of such drains,
as that was the intention of the legislature.
Dairies, slaughter-houses, &c.—These are licensed
by the London County Council and periodically
visited by the Inspectors of the Council. The
Vestry's Inspectors visit all dairies, cow-sheds, and
slaughter-houses twice a year.
Bakehouses.—Half-yearly visits are made to
these. Considerable improvement has been effected
in the bakehouses as a whole since they were first
* A Bill on practically the same lines as that of the London County
Council has been prepared by the Town Council of Worcester to amend the
Acts of 1875 and the amending Acts thereof. This Bill has been presented
in the House of Lords.