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(b) That they found that at the present time there were;—
40 flushing tanks supplied from the water companies'
hydrants.
45 other tanks formed by alterations in manholes and
ventilators, as well as new manholes built expressly
for the double purpose of ventilation and flushing
purposes, the water being obtained (i) through the
flashing hose, and (ii)—within a small area—from
the White Stone Pond.
32 tall ventilating shafts (an increase of 26 since Mr.
Mansergh reported); and
980 surface ventilating shafts, including ventilating
manholes.
(c) That the tall ventilating shafts were chiefly at
"dead-ends" and apices of sewers, and were of great
utility in those positions;
and—
Your Committee recommend—
(d) That it is at present inadvisable to make any alteration in
the system of ventilating the sewers of the Borough.
(e) That in all cases of complaint of bad smells arising from
open grids in the roadway, tall ventilating shafts shall
be erected wherever practicable and necessary.
(f) That the proposed enlargement of 62 open grids in the
vicinity of Agamemnon Road, as recommended by the
Works Committee to the Council on the 26th November,
1903, be held over for the present.
(Signed) WILLIAM R. RIDER,
Chairman.