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that therefore there should not be less than 8 feet
from any part of the newly-built house to the
nearest wall, and that additions should not be
allowed to be built out at any future time, so as to
reduce the distance to less than 8 feet.
5. That additional legislation should be framed so as to
prevent the use of bad or objectionable materials,
and especially of the use of mortar from old houses.
(i. That the building on foundations of house refuse or
other rubbish should be subject to the limitations
proposed in my last report, or altogether prevented.
I append the resolutions agreed to by you when this
matter was under discussion in 1875, although they
were not referred this year to the Sanitary Committee
for consideration and report at the same time with
the above.
1st Resolution.—That no building be hereafter erected on
made ground unless the whole internal area of the
premises be covered with a thick layer of good
concrete, at least 6 inches thick, to the satisfaction
of the Surveyor to the District Board or Vestry.
2nd. That all drain pipes passing under buildings so
erected, or outside the walls, if within 4 feet thereof,
shall be constructed of glazed drain pipes, embedded
in a layer of concrete, at least 6 inches in thickness,
to the satisfaction of the Surveyor to the Board or
Vestry.
3rd. That no building shall be erected on a foundation of
house refuse until after a lapse of two years from
the time of deposit; or, in the case of any other
newly made ground, until the Surveyor to the Board
or Vestry be satisfied that sufficient time has elapsed
for consolidation of the ground, and for cessation of
decomposition in the deposited matters.