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2. To prevent the construction of basements below the
level of sewers, except with the consent of the
Council.
3. To prevent buildings being erected in places where
there are no sewers, except with the consent of
the Council.
I have been directed by the Main Drainage Committee
in the meantime, to ask that you will favour them with a
copy of any bye-laws made by your Board bearing upon
the subjects above named,
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
H. De la Hooke,
Clerk of the Council.
To the Clerk of the Vestry of Camberwell.
In a general way it is of course an essential part of
the duty of a Vestry, through its sanitary officers, to look
after defects of drainage and of works connected therewith,
and to see to their amendment. It is a duty also which
the Camberwell Vestry recognises and has taken up, to see,
through its sanitary officers, that all drainage works of
newly erected buildings shall be carried out on correct
principles and thoroughly well; and that in all cases in
which defects are discovered in houses already built, these
shall be thoroughly investigated and remedied (if need be)
by thorough reconstruction.