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A great amount of confusion and complaining would be avoided if a minimum
diameter of 4in. were adopted for soil pipes in By-law 11, pars 5 and 2, or if a
minimum diameter of 3½in. were adopted for drains in By-law 4, pars. 3, 0,
and 10, and for vent pipes in By-law 8, par. 4. One of these alternatives
should be adopted.
Combined Drainage.—A communication was received from the Fulham
Borough Council, forwarding copy of the following resolutions passed at a
Conference of representatives of London Borough Councils held at the Fulham
Town Hall on the 21st May, on the subject of combined drainage:—
" (a) That this Conference of London Borough Councils do respectfully
" urge the Right Hon. the President of the Local Government
" Board to give the subject of the unsatisfactory state of the law
" relating to combined drainage in London his serious considera"
tion with the view of a Bill to amend the law being introduced
" into Parliament at an early date.
"(b) That a Deputation be formed to wait upon the President of the Local
" Government Board in order to present the foregoing resolution
" to him in person, and to urge the views of the Conference on the
" subject matter.
"(c) That the whole of the Delegates appointed to this Conference form
" the proposed Deputation, and that the Councils of the City of
" Westminster and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Battersea,
" Chelsea, Greenwich, Stepney, and Wandsworth, be invited to
" appoint representatives thereon.
" (d) That the resolution passed by this Conference be embodied in the
" form of a joint Memorial to the Local Government Board, setting
" out the facts of the case, and that the several Metropolitan
" Borough Councils represented by the Deputation be asked to
" affix their Seals thereto when ready.
" (e) That the terms of the proposed Memorial be referred to the Mayor
" and Town Clerk of Fulham to settle."
It was resolved the Seal of the Council be affixed to the joint Memorial to
be presented to the Local Government Board on the subject of an amendment
of the law in regard to combined drainage.
§ 8.—STORAGE & REMOVAL OF OFFENSIVE MATTERS.
CLEANSING AND SCAVENGING.
Dust Collection.—The increasing use of gas for cooking purposes is abolishing
one of the most important functions of the kitchen range. The gas-stove is
not likely to take the place of the kitchen range as a dust destructor and cremator,
and this may prove a serious menace. The dustbin which is not fed
also with ashes, which serve to absorb offensive matters, will become an
intensified nuisance. Those who found it easier to empty their dust pans into
the kitchen fire than to carry the dust to the bin, followed out the principle of
destroying the germ-laden dust. If the question of burning the rubbish is