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recommended that all drainage work upon private premises be supervised by
the Health Department, and that the underground drainage work from the
limit of private premises to the public sewer be supervised by the Works
Department. This was adopted by your Vestry on the 21st March, 1894,
and on the 23rd May your Vestry adopted the following Regulations and
Duties in reference to House Drainage: —
REGULATIONS AS TO HOUSE DRAINAGE.
Saint Pancras, County of London.
The Metropolis Management Act, 1855. (18 & 19 Vict., c. 120.)
The Public Health (London) Act, 1891. (54 & 55 Vict., c. 76.)
Drainage of Premises.
Application No
To the Vestry of the Parish of St. Pancras.
Gentlemen,
1. Insert I or we, as
the rase may be.
2. Insert my or our,
as the case may
be.
2. Insert the number
or name of the
house, and the
name of the
street or road.
I.........., the undersigned, hereby give you seven
days'notice of 2 intention to drain the premises known
as 3
in the Parish of St. Pancras, as shown on the plan on the other
side hereof, and undertake to carry out the whole of the work
in accordance with the annexed Regulations of the Vestry, and
the provisions of the above-mentioned Acts of Parliament and Bye-laws
made thereunder.
Dated this. day of 189
Signature of person intending
to drain the premises
Address
Name of the owner of the house
Address
Note.—Before beginning to lay or dig out the foundation of any new house or
building, or to rebuild any house or building, and also before making
or re-constructing any drain for the purpose of draining, directly or
indirectly, into any sewer, seven days' notice is to be given to the
Vestry, on forms to be obtained ; such notice to be accompanied by
a plan showing the position and size of the proposed drain and all
connections therewith.
Every person who shall intend to construct any water-closet, earth-closet, or
to fit or fix in or in connection with any water-closet, earth-closet, or
privy, any apparatus or any trap or soil-pipe, shall, before executing
any such works, give notice in writing to the Health Department,
at the Vestry Flail, Pancras Road, N.W.