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Borough Council. The objection was raised, on behalf of the
Borough Council, that there could be no Appeal to the London
County Council on the two Intimation Notices which had been
served under Section 2 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
in connection with the nuisances found to exist on inspection at
Nos. 3 and 13, Hercules Road. The nuisances complained of
had reference to the defective drains, dirty and dilapidated
premises, overcrowding, defective water closet, and defective
paving. On hearing Mr. Harrison and the Medical Officer, the
Appeal Committee of the London County Council decided that it
could make no Order, as the matters in dispute were matters
which would have to be dealt with before the Magistrate, should
such a course be necessary.
2. Combined Drainage.
Two important cases connected with the questiou of combined
drainage occurred during the year, and a record of the facts may
be, with advantage, made in this Annual Report for future
reference.
(a) An owner purchased the lease of a house in Norwood
Road in May, 1907, and finding that, for sanitary reasons, the
water closet required removal from the wash-house, which was
being enlarged, into the garden, proceeded to carry out the work
voluntarily, and then made application to the Council, as the
Sanitary Authority, for permission to alter the drain in
accordance with the new proposed position of the W.C. The
Inspector visited the premises at the request of the owner
on June 10th and June 13th, 1907, and pointed out that if
the drain, in the course of being altered, was shewn to be
defective, such drain would have to be reconstructed. In any
case, a plan would have to be submitted in the usual way.
The owner opened up the drain and found the same to be
"combined" and open-jointed and not laid on concrete. The
premises were unoccupied at the time. The owner raised the