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These aro causes of insanitation for which the Sanitary
Authority cannot in any way be held responsible, and which
they are unable to entirely remove.
But there is another and, in the opinion of the Committee,
a far more serious, reason for the condition of this area, and
that is the insufficiency of the London County Council Main
Sewer, and the incapacity of their pumping apparatus to
prevent at times of excessive rain, a backing up of the sewage
in the Parish sewers, and the consequent surcharge of the
drains leading into them. The Vestry's Surveyor, at the
request of the Committee, specially inspected the London
County Council's Sewer, and the Parish Sewers in this District
on the 4th December, 1895, after a fairly heavy rainfall, and
found 2 ft. 8 in. of sewage in the manhole at the west end of
Reidhaven Road; the same state of things was also found to
exist at the Council's Outfall Sewer at Crossness, the consequence
being a backing up of sewage in the Parish Sewers and
the drains leading into them. The Surveyor further reported
that, in his opinion, it was impossible to make any marked
improvement in the drainage levels owing to the low-lying
District, and that the real remedy was the construction of a
duplicate or other sufficient sewer contemplated by the London
County Council, and increased pumping power at Crossness,
We are informed that the Metropolitan Board of Works
approved one of the sewers in this district, notwithstanding the
strenuous opposition of the Committee's predecessors in office.
The Surveyor's Report further recommended as to the
Reidhaven Road Sewer, that 30 feet run, at the east end of
Reidhaven Road, should be taken up and relaid, and that
certain alterations should be made to three manholes on this
Sewer, also that 50 feet run of Hartville Road Sewer should
be taken up and relaid, and alterations made to three other