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7. —The Sanitary Inspectors shall supervise all drainage work upon private
premises, and this supervision shall extend to the limit of such premises.
8.—No ventilating or other pipe shall be allowed to project over any public
way without special consent officially obtained.
9.—Whenever it shall be necessary to alter the level or course of any
underground drain on private premises, or to lay a new drain from the sewer,
the Sanitary Inspector shall instruct the owner or his agent to give notice
and furnish a plan to the Health Department in accordance with the regulations
and bye-laws relating to house drainage.
10.—The Sanitary Inspector shall, when necessary, instruct an owner or
his agent that, before beginning to lay or dig out the foundation of any new
house or building, or to rebuild any house or building, and before
making or reconstructing any drain for the purpose of draining into
any sewer, seven days' notice must be given to the Vestry on forms to be
obtained, such notice to be accompanied by a plan, shewing the position and
size of the proposed drain and all connections therewith. He shall also instruct
every person who shall intend to construct any watercloset, earthcloset, or
privy, or to fit or fix in or in connection with any watercloset, earthcloset, or
privy, any apparatus, or any trap or soil pipe, that, before executing any
such works, he must give notice in writing to the Health Department, Vestry
Hall, Pancras Road, N.W.
11.—The notice and plan having been forwarded to the Health Department
it shall be the duty of the Sanitary Inspector to forthwith verify the
measurements and plan of the premises and of the drains and works connected
therewith, to check the scale and sign the plan as "examined" and
deliver it up to the Medical Officer of Health, who shall forward the same to
the Engineer for approval.
12.—Upon the completion of the work as set forth in the plan, the Sanitary
Inspector shall sign the plan as "completed."
Notice of Construction or Amendment.—By Bye-law 14 of the London County
Council, it is made compulsory to give notice to the Authority when any
person intends to construct any watercloset, or to fit any apparatus, trap, or
soil pipe, the object being that the work shall be supervised by an Officer of
the Sanitary Authority, in order that he may see that it is executed in a proper
manner in compliance with the Bye-laws and Regulations, and also in order to
avoid the necessity of resorting to Sec. 42 of the Publio Health (London) Act,
1891, which runs thus:—
If a watercloset or drain is so constructed or repaired as to be a nuisance
or injurious or dangerous to health, the person who undertook or
executed such construction shall, unless he shows that such construction
or repair was not due to any wilful act, neglect, or default, be
liable to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
Provided that where a person is charged with an offence under this section
he shall be entitled, upon information duly laid by him, to have any
other person, being his agent, servant, or workman, whom he charges
as the actual offender, brought before the court at the time appointed