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DRAINAGE OF NEW BUILDINGS
and
RECONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE
A Senior Public Health Inspector specialises in the inspection and
supervision and testing of drainage works and is available for advising
contractors and plumbers etc. on any project During the year the
following major drainage schemes were approved by the Public Health
Committee -
Addition to existing buildings or
additional sanitary accommodation 96
Reconstruction of drainage system 3
Conversion of premises into flats 203
New buildings 57
Among the plans of new buildings submitted during the year one
project is worthy of particular note. This was the development by the
North Thames Gas Board of a site of approximately four acres bounded
by Peterborough and Carnwath Roads,
The building covers almost the whole of the area and consists of
a six-storey main building with various ancillary lower buildings
These will house both offices for administrative staff and various
workshops and testing laboratories for gas appliances, and will be
known as the New Watson House.
Prior to building operations being commenced, the architects and
engineers had consultation with the Borough Engineer and. owing to the
large quantity of waste water to be discharged from the building, it
was necessary to construct a special relief sewer in Peterborough Road
to accommodate such a discharge. The drainage for the building and
more particularly, the above ground sanitary plumbing was of a very
complex nature necessitating frequent inspections and consultations
between the Contractor, the Plumbing Sub-Contractors and the Senior
Public Health Inspector.
It is expected that the building will be completed and occupied
some time in the autumn of 1961.
The majority of the plans submitted for conversion of properties
into flats were submitted by the Borough Architect and each of these
was inspected by the Senior Public Health Inspector, again necessitating
numerous visits and consultations.