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Quarter Sessions, Newington, when, after a patient
hearing and evidence given by your Officers, the appeal
was dismissed. As this is the second appeal which has
failed, it may reasonably be hoped that no further trouble
will be experienced in ridding the district of that which
cannot be otherwise than a nuisance to the large number
of persons who now inhabit it.
House to house inspection has brought to light
many defective drains, the large number of 147 having
been dealt with, and so long as builders are allowed to
carry out the drainage of houses without authoritative
supervision, we may expect to continue to find cases like
the following, which speak strongly as to the necessity
of some legislation on the matter.
Inspector's report book:
No. 28, Nobthcote Road.
October 18 th.
On the drain being opened up, a foot of water and sewage was
found underneath the floor arising from the careless way in which the
drain had been constructed through the house. At one point through
a broken pipe having been used a space of six inches existed between
the two pipes and simply covered with a loose brick, at another point a
3-inch pipe had been inserted by cutting a hole in the main pipe and
pushing it in—it was this which caused the stoppage.
Abdleigh House,
Sabsfield Road.
Upou notice being given and the drain opened up, it was found
that two pipes in the drain had been left four inches apart with a piece
of wood laid across to prevent the earth getting in.
Fobfaib House,
Balham Pabk Road,
June 2nd.
Offensive smell in upper part of house. On inspecting the
Sanitary arrangements of the house it was found that the overflow
and waste pipes from the Bath and Lavatory emptied nto the Catch
Trap of upstairs Water Closet thereby acting as a ventilating pipe
ana dispersing the effluvia over the whole house.