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9 inches of water. At No. 107, the water extended to the
third step in the front area.
Mr. Richman reported, that all the houses referred to were
drained into the King's Scholar's Pond sewer, which is one
of the main lines under the superintendence of the Metropolitan
Board of Works.
On the day in question, it rained incessantly for six
hours, from about a quarter past eight in the morning until
a quarter past two; the greater part of the time the tide was
flowing, it being high water about one o'clock. It appears
that at the time of high water there was a depth of 14
feet above the sill of the gates of the sewer, the level of
the water in the sewer being 6 inches above that of the
river. The flood-gate keeper had been in office 16 years,
and excepting on one occasion, he had never known it so
high before.
Some of the flaps were out of order.
The level of the water in the sewer must have been much
above the basement floors of the houses, consequently the
drainage was pent up.
No inconvenience was felt in those cases where the drains
were sufficiently large to act as reservoirs until the tide had
ebbed low enough to relieve them, but in others, where the
drains may have been partially choked, or the flaps not in
good action, a flooding occurred.
The Surveyor thinks, that such an extraordinary accident
cannot be remedied, until the main drainage scheme is perfected.
Wilton Mews, No. 2. Effluvium from a marine store
dealers in Little Chester Street. The marine store dealer
has a window which opens into the yard of No. 2, and if this
can be closed, the nuisance will be remedied. No order can