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SEWERS, REPAIR AND CLEANSING.
The Local Main Sewers are cleansed by the flushers in
the employ of the Yestry. The quantity of slop removed
from the same during the past year has been 425 cart
loads.
The Brick Sewer in Dulwich Common road, reported
by your Surveyor to be in a dilapidated condition, has been
repaired for a length of 1,120 feet, and is now in a satisfactory
state.
HOUSE DRAINAGE.
159 applications have been received for the drainage of
396 houses into sewers, and the works in connection
therewith have been carried out under inspection. This
number includes the re-modelling of the drainage of old
houses as also the drainage of new property.
FLOODINGS.
This question is assuming a very serious aspect
especially in its consequences which result to the low
lying districts of the Metropolis, particularly to properties
having cellars and basement floors.
The Sewers and Sanitary Committee of this Yestry
have had the subject brought before them through the