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which, on the occupation of such house, would be required by
the Public Health Department, thereby enabling the whole of the
work to be done in connection with the original construction of
the system, and obviating an early opening-up of the drains for
the carrying out of further works.
The following Report of the Committee respecting this matter
was adopted by the Council, and now forms the general basis
upon which this work is conducted: —
"Your Committee Report—
"That they have had under consideration a Report of the
Joint Sub-Committee of the Highways and Public Health and
Housing Committees appointed to consider the question of Plans
for drainage and redrainage of premises in the Borough, which
Report dealt more particularly with the system of drainage which
should be recognised by the Council.
" The Report stated that there was unanimity of opinion that
the ideally perfect system of drainage was a single drain for each
house —so laid as not to pass under the building —which system,
it appeared, could only be attained in the case of detached or
semi-detached houses.
"In the case of terrace houses, that it was inevitable that the
houses should be drained either by a combined operation, or by
carrying the drainage beneath the houses, and the Sub-Committee
dealt with the merits of each system.
"The Sub-Committee stated, in favour of the system of
carrying drains under the houses, they were advised that there was
nothing necessarily insanitary in the system, inasmuch as such