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(3) For the purposes of this section the expression " single
private drain " includes any sewer or drain whether on private land
or not and whether constructed before or after the passing of this
Act with which two or more houses or premises (whether belonging
to the same or different owners) are at the date of the passing of
this Act or may at any time hereafter 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 premises directly or by means of any
other sewer or drain to any public sewer situate under a street
repairable by the inhabitants at large but shall not include any
sewer which has been constructed to the satisfaction of the Corporation
under Section 152 of the Public Health Act 1875 or any sewer
which has been constructed by the Corporation for the effectual
drainage of the borough.
Corporation may order houses to be drained by a combined
operation.
If it appear to the Corporation that two or more houses may be
drained more economically or advantageously in combination than
separately and a sewer of sufficient size already exists or is about to
be constructed within one hundred feet of any part of such houses
the Corporation may when the drains of such houses are first laid
order that such houses be drained by a combined drain to be constructed
either by the Corporation if they so decide or by the owner
or owners in such manner as the Corporation shall direct and the
costs and expenses of such drain and of the repair and maintenance
thereof shall be paid by the owner of such houses (if there be only
one) or shall be apportioned between the owners of such houses in
such manner as the Corporation shall determine and if such drain is
constructed by the Corporation such costs and expenses may be
recovered by the Corporation from such owner or owners in a
summary manner before a court of summary jurisdiction. Any
combined drain constructed in pursuance of this section shall be
deemed to be a single private drain within the meaning of the
section of this Act the marginal note of which is " Provision in lieu
of Section 19 of Public Health Acts (Amendment) Act 1890."
Provided that the Corporation shall not exercise the powers conferred
by this section in respect of any house plans for the drainage
of which shall have been previously approved by the Corporation.
Poiver «f entry for purposes of Section 75 of Act of 1900.
For the purposes of Section 75* of the Croydon Corporation
Act 1900 the Corporation and their officers shall have the like power
of entry on any premises as a local authority and their officers have
under Section 102 of the Public Health Act 1875 for the purposes of
that section.
* This section empowered the Corporation to disinfect, and, if necessary, destroy
filthy bedding or body clothing.