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should be more frequently cleansed by the Vestry's Contractor;
also that notices should be posted warning persons against
depositing refuse in these ditches.
64. Testing Sewers and Drains.—For years past I have advocated
a more thorough examination of new sewers and drains
before they were passed, including the application of the water
test.
The Vestry have now decided to adopt the systematic use of
the test in all new and re-laid sewers and drains, a decision which
I would characterise as the most notable sanitary advance of
the year.
65. Water-closets in new houses.—As in previous years, the
Health Committee had before it several cases in which the
Inspectors found that water-closets had not been constructed
in accordance with the bye-laws, notably some houses in Brookdene
Road, where the seats were so placed as to make the
closet almost unusable.
In consequence, a resolution was passed "that it is desirable
"that the inspection of drains, water-closets, and their connec"tions,
and waste pipes, both in the case of new and re-laid or
"repaired drains, be continued until the Surveyor is satisfied
"that they have been properly completed and connected in
"accordance with the L.C.C. and Vestry's Regulations and
"Bye-laws, and that a register of all new buildings and build"ings
re-constructed be kept, in which shall be recorded the
"date and result of each inspection, and that the Surveyor be
"directed accordingly."
66. The Churchyard.—There were 193 interments in the
Plumstead Churchyard as compared with 318, 358, 253 and
177 in the four preceding years. 16 more bodies were therefore
interred than in the preceding year. The increase may be