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Edmonton Urban District.
REPORT
of the
Chief Sanitary Inspector
For the Year 1912.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Edmonton.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Edmonton Urban District Council.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my report on the work done in
the Public Health Department for the year 1912 by your Inspectors and
Staff.
The much-needed consolidation of the numerous Public Health Acts
still remains to be taken in hand, and the amendment to that everrecurring
nuisance, what is or what is not a "sewer," also demands
immediate attention. I am sure every Public Health Officer will greatly
welcome the time when this vexatious question is settled, as under the
present condition it is one continual source of worry. The effect of the
law with regard to this question greatly retards the work.
The combined system of drainage, from my own experience, has
taught me that where terraced streets of houses (especially small property).
are built, and old streets exist, there is a distinct advantage that they
should have the drainage in a combined system at the rear of the houses,
and thus avoid drains beneath buildings and innumerable connections
with the public sewer.