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DRAIN PLANS AND DRAINAGE.
Work of the Drainage Inspectors.
The responsibility of supervising drainage work to new as well as old
premises continued in the hands of two drainage inspectors, Gorniot and J. C.
Wilson, the only alteration made being a change in districts -the former moving
to the north, the latter to the south of Marylebone Road. The distribution of
the work in relation to the supervision of works for the remedy of nuisances due
to defective drainage remained the same as before, the district inspectors
transferring anything more than slight alterations to the drainage inspectors.
The total number of inspections made by the drainage inspectors was 8,323
as against 6,850 in 1909, The number of plans relating to drainage of new
buildings was 52 (north 15, south 37).
In the case of old buildings the number of plans received was 570 (south
343, north 227).
The total number of plans deposited during 1910 was 622 as against 521
in 1909.
Combined Drainage.
The number of orders under seal as to combined drainage granted by the
Council was 27, the number in 1909 being 23. In 14 cases the liability of the
Council for the reconstruction of the combined portions of existing drains was
admitted, and the work carried out by the Works Committee at the request of
the Public Health Committee.
The case referred to in the report for 1909 (in which, though they disputed
the claim of the owner that the drain was a combined drain, for the maintenance
of which he personally was not liable, the Council carried out the work), was
finally settled on the payment by the owner of the greater part of the cost.
BLACK SMOKE NUISANCES.
The plan of giving each of the five district inspectors, the outdoor superintendent
and the dust inspector, at the beginning of each week, a list of premises
other than dwelling houses, the chimneys of which were to be observed during
the week, was continued. In all, 1,385 observations were made, and 21
nuisances were discovered. Following the discovery of the nuisance a letter
calling attention to its existence was sent to the occupier, and the inspector's
report and any reply received from the occupier were considered by the Public
Health Committee. A Statutory Notice was served with respect to one case
but no prosecutions were taken during the year.