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House Drainage. Two hundred and seventy-four
house drainage systems have been reconstructed; 242
such systems have also been opened, cleansed and
amended; 45 new systems and 242 surface drains have
been constructed; 81 systems have been tested by smoke
and 371 by water, of which number 215 were found to
be defective; 73 new soil pipes and 423 traps have been
fixed, together with 5 6 intercepting chambers, and 10
other chambers. One cesspool has been abolished; 53
areas, 142 yards, and 25 mews and stables .have been
thoroughly drained. Twenty-five water closets and 1
urinal have been erected; a pan, trap and water supply
have been furnished throughout in 160 cases, and other
fittings in 297 cases, whilst the water supply has been
renewed in 137 instances. The water supply for lavatory
purposes has been disconnected from the drinking water
system in 24 instances. Public-house urinals have been
cleansed and repaired in 68 instances, whilst a water
supply has been laid on or repaired at 1 such convenience,
and 1 new urinal was provided.
Combined Drainage. London is still without any
satisfactory solution to this difficult question, and the
problems that frequently arise are the occasion of increasing
expenditure on behalf of the Council, which ought
morally to be defrayed by the property owners themselves.
I notice that there is an increasing tendency among
sanitary authorities outside London to promote Bills
dealing with this question, either by combination or otherwise,
and it is sincerely to be hoped that at no distant
date London sanitary authorities will adopt similar
measures.
Complaints were again occasionally received respecting
the offensive emanations from the London County Council
main sewer, but as the summer generally was not characterised
by any great heat, these complaints were not