View report page

67
" Acts amending, the same word " drain" shall be deemed to include any
" sewer or drain, whether constructed before or after the passing of this
" Act, with which two or more houses or premises are at the date of the
" passing of this Act, or may at any time thereafter, be connected or
" which is used or capable of being or intended to be used for the
" conveyance of the drainage of such houses or buildings, directly or
" indirectly, to any sewer which has been approved as such by the
" Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, the Metropolitan Board of
" Works or the London County Council, but shall not include any sewer
" so approved as aforesaid."
Upon being put to the vote, the amendment was carried, as also when put
as a substantive motion.
Recommendations (6) and (c) were also agreed to.
Should this Draft Bill meet with the support of the City and Metropolitan
Borough Councils, no doubt steps will be taken to promote the Draft Bill as
amended during the present Session.
SANITARY DEFECTS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
All premises where infectious disease was notified were inspected with
reference to drainage, soil and waste pipes, water-closets, water supply,
ventilation, &c., and of the 106 cases, it has been necessary to entirely
reconstruct the sanitary system in 10 instances ; and amendments have been
made to soil and waste pipes and W.C's in 62 others.
HOUSE REFUSE REMOVAL.
The City Engineer informs me that the refuse removed from the City in
1907 consisted of 31,977 cartloads of street sweepings and slop, and 51,077
loads of house and trade refuse. Total, 83,054 loads. The use of the
Destructor was discontinued in September, 1905, since which date all refuse
has been removed by barge from Letts' Wharf to the Corporation land on
Hornchurch Marshes, where it is dealt with.