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Inspections have been made by the Medical Officer of Health
and the Inspectors from time to time, and the attention of
the Cemetery Authorities has been called, as required, to
mismanagement or negligence in opening the graves, but,
speaking generally, there is no cause for complaint, and 10
nuisance with which the Public Health Committee or the
Council have been advised to deal. The houses situated
in the Robson Road have been under special inspection, but
there is no nuisance, and certainly no danger to health at
present to the tenants from the proximity of such houses to
the Cemetery. The graves are well above the road level of
Robson Road.
INTERCEPTING TRAPS IN HOUSE
DRAINS.
During 1908, the Council deputed the Medical Officer and
Borough Engineer to give evidence, as required, before the
Departmental Committee, appointed to inquire into and report
upon the use of intercepting traps in house drains. The
terms of reference of the Committee are the consideration of
the need or otherwise of the intercepting trap; of any disadvantages
of the trap; of the effect on the community of
emanations from sewers or drains; to some extent also, of
the ventilation of sewers and drains; and of the bearing of
existing conditions on the question.
On February 2nd, 1905, the Lambeth Council passed a
resolution (nem. con.), dealing with the subject ot ventilation
of sewers and intercepting traps, to the effect that the provision
of a suitable and efficient intercepting trap to every
main drain, or ether drain, of a new building is necessary,
and that the County Council's bye-law to that effect should
not be rescinded or repealed.