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APPENDIX U.
COMBINED DRAINAGE.
No remedy has yet been provided by Parliament for
relieving ratepayers from the grossly unjust burden thrown
upon them by the defective state of the Public Health laws
in relation to combined drainage, and as a consequence,
eight additional systems were during the year added to
our previous list and relaid as " Sewers " by men in the
employ of the Public Health Department. The properties comprised were :—
Nos. 35, 37, Weaver Street, and No. 13, Bratley
Street.
Stables and Workshop in rear of Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8 and
10, Wharf Road and premises in rear of Nos.
106, 108, 108a and 110, Pritchards Road.
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Minto Place, and No. 39,
Wolverley Street.
Nos. 134, 136, 138, 140 and 142 Vallance Road.
Nos. 38, 40 and 42, Sewardstone Road.
Nos. 2, 4 and 6, Gawber Street.
Nos. 39. 41. 43. 45, 47, Hassard Street, and Nos. 1
and 2. Hassard Place.
Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Poyser Street, and 118, Bethnal Green Road.
The total number of combined drainage
systems vested in the Council at the close
of the year amounted to 522
Number of properties involved 2883