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wise and judicious expenditure to set about the preparation of
such a map without delay, the wonderful growth of the parish
having made the ordnance survey obsolete for a large portion of it.
Some of the sewers are old and more or less faulty in construction,
material, &c., and will have to be re-constructed. The work of reconstruction
is, in fact, going on now, but at the present rate
of progress will take a long time to complete, much of the
expense, moreover, being charged on the current rates. As it is
desirable that defective or inadequate sewers should be replaced by
sound and efficient ones as quickly as possible, and the work being
of a permanent character, I submit it would be well to hasten it,
and to charge the next generation with a share of the expense. It
is impossible without a plan and description of the existing sewers
showing which are good and sufficient, or bad, i.e. inadequate in
size or faulty in construction (levels,) or material, even to guess
the probable expense of carrying out this suggestion. I submit it
would be desirable -
1. To obtain the thirty sheets of ordnance survey on which wholly
or in part the configuration of the parish is delineated, and to
insert thereon all streets, mews, &c., which have been formed
since the said survey was taken:
2, To show the whole system of sewers (as far as may be laid
down from information in possession of the Vestry, or procurable)
to present date, with report, indicating-
(a.) All sewers in good condition, date of construction, size,
and length.
(b.) All sewers (or system of drainage) known to be inadequate
to the requirements of the respective localities,
with description of same.
(c.) All sewers which, though possibly of sufficient capacity,
may by reason of old age or otherwise, e.g. by defective
material, construction, or level, be dangerous to the
health of the locality.
(d.) All sewers which have blind ends, and which by pipe connection
with other sewers, air shaft, or otherwise, might
be ventilated.
(e.) All sewers difficult of approach from insufficient number
of manholes, &c.
Engineering experience would probably enlarge the scheme of
such an inquiry; but I venture to say that the advantages in
a sanitary point of view of such information as the above,
followed up by execution of all necessary works, would be simply
incalculable, The parish once surveyed to date, it would be easy
from time to time to insert new streets, and sewers, and we should
thus have ready access at all times to information which is in
almost daily requisition in the sanitary department.
LICENSED SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
The licensed slaughter-houses which at the date of my last
report were 48 in number, are now only 32, the license in 16 cases