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42. In and for the purposes of Section 41 of the Act of 1893
the word " drain " shall be deemed to include any sewer or
drain, whether constructed before or after the passing of
this Act, with which two or more houses or premises
(whether belonging to the same or different owners) are, at
the date of the passing of this Act, or may at any time
thereafter be connected, or which is used or capable of being
or intended to be used for the conveyance of the drainage
of such houses or buildings directly, or by means of any
other sewer or drain to any public sewer situate under a
street repairable by the inhabitants at large. but shall not
include any sewer which has been constructed to the satisfaction
of the Corporation under Section 152 of the Public
Health Act, 1875, or any sewer which has been constructed
by the Corporation for the effectual drainage of the
Borough.
10. Insect-borne Parasites.
Major Donald Ross gave a popular lecture on the subject of
insects, and the parts they play, more especially in the spread of
Malaria. Destroy the deadly mosquito, and Malaria will disappear
—a prophecy that is to-day being practically realised at Ismailia,
on the Suez Canal, where the methods suggested by Major Ross
are being put to-day to the practical test.
The Health Exhibition.
A most important part of the Congress is the Exhibition of
Sanitary Appliances, which is held in connection therewith.
This Exhibition I was able to examine carefully, spending several
hours there, the time being well spent. Bradford can hardly be
congratulated upon its Health Exhibition, as the area devoted to
it was restricted, with stalls crowded together, so that many of the
exhibits unless specially looked for, were missed. The important
exhibits may be tabulated as follows:—
1. Destructors.
The Horsfall Destructor Co., of Leeds and London, showed a
portable refuse destructor, for use in small and scattered districts,
consisting of a combined furnace and boiler on wheels. For this
exhibit a silver medal was awarded. This Firm showed two
sample bricks made from destructor clinker and lime upon the
patented process of Dr. Schulthess, of Zurich, consisting of finely
ground clinker and perfectly slaked lime, pressed and moulded and
steam dried, maturing in 48 hours instead of two to three months