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BOROUGH OF HAMPSTEAD.
VENTILATION OF SEWERS.
Report of the Joint Sub-Committee, consisting of three members
of the Public Health Committee and three members of the
Works Committee.
24th February, 1904.
To the Public Health and Works Committers—
Your Sub-Committee beg to state:—
(a) That they have carefully considered the whole question as
to the ventilation of sewers, raised in the report of the
Medical Officer of Health for the year 1902, and in connection
therewith have considered:—
(i) The paragraph on the subject contained in the
above mentioned report of the Medical Officer
of Health.
(ii) Reports made to the late Vestry on the subject
up to the year 1898.
(iii) Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the
reasons which led him to make the statements
contained in his annual report,—together with
tabular statements of replies to enquiries made
of other Boroughs, &c.
(A print of the report is sent herewith.)
(iv) Report of the Borough Engineer on the works
carried out to the sewers in this Borough
(excluding the sewers belonging to the London
County Council), for improving their ventilation
and flushing, since Mr. Mansergh reported to
the Vestry thereon in 1886.