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Fixing of w.c. Pans and Traps without Notice
In Five cases where w.c. pans and traps were fixed without notice
being given under Clause 14 of the London County Council Bye-laws,
Section 39 (1) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the builders were
written to asking them to open the ground, otherwise legal proceedings,
which had been authorised by the Committee, would be instituted against
them for infringing the bye-law. This mode of procedure prevents good
work being constructed on to defective work. Whenever drainage work
is found to have been done and covered up without inspection, if the
builder will not open the ground, the work is exposed by the Sanitary
Authority, and such a line of action ensures sound work.