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takes charge of all drainage in his own District, and when the
work is completed guarantees that " it has been carried out
under his personal supervision and in accordance with the
plan as submitted, and that the joints and pipes have been
water-tested," by signing the plan (previously jointly
approved by the Surveyor and Medical Officer), which is
then placed in the Record Books of plans belonging to the
Vestry.
Since this new arrangement 355 such plans have been
duly signed and entered in the Records of the Vestry up to
the end of 1896, whilst the number of drains tested with
smoke or water has been 4760 during the whole of the year.
DISINFECTING STAFF.
During the year, the Disinfecting Department has been
re-organised and increased so that, at the present time, the
Vestry may be justly proud of the efficiency of its present
Staff, and of the work done as shewn in Tables on pages.
97—100.
The Medical Officer brought up a Report at the beginning
of the year on the whole subject of Disinfection as carried
out in Lambeth Parish, and suggested the following alterations
and improvements, all of which were adopted by
the Vestry:—
1. Disinfecting chamber to be provided with a second
door on the side opposite to the one at present
existing, so that infected and disinfected goods
can be kept separated and totally distinct.