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that a scheme for the ventilation of the sewers in the
Borough would be laid before the Main Drainage Committee
immediately after the recess, but the Public Health Committee
directed a communication to be sent urging the necessity
for proceeding immediately with the ventilation of the sewers.
A ventilating column has been erected in High Street, Bromley,
opposite Bromley Church, and another column in St. Leonard's
Street, corner of Priory Street.
The Local Government Board approved the Bye-laws made by
the London County Council requiring persons about to construct,
reconstruct, or alter the pipes, drains, or other means of communicating
with sewers, or the traps and apparatus connected therewith,
to deposit with the Sanitary Authority of the district such plans,
sections, and particulars of the proposed construction, reconstruction,
or alteration as may be necessary for the purpose of ascertaining
whether such construction, reconstruction, or alteration is
in accordance with the statutory provisions relative thereto, and
with the Bye-laws made under Section 202 of the Metropolis Management
Act, 1855.
The Bye-laws require inter alia that drainage plans be submitted
in duplicate, and that block plans of the premises be also
deposited.
The London County Council decided not to contribute half of
the salaries of the Inspectors who are engaged in the work of
supervising the original construction of drainage work carried out
under the Metropolis Local Management Acts. A Conference of
representatives of Metropolitan Borough Councils was held at the
Town Hall, Camberwell, to consider the question of the duties
of Sanitary Inspectors, and to take such action as may be deemed
advisable with regard to asking the Local Government Board to
amend its " Order " as to the duties to be performed by the Sanitary
Inspectors or to adopt some other means of providing for a uniform