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Fulham 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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APPENDIX No 7.
Flham district.
NOTICE TO LANDOWNERS, BUILDERS, &c.
CONSTRUCTION OF SEWERS.
Thk Board of Works for the Fulham District hereby give notice to
Landowners, Builders, and others whom it may concern, that the
following rules and regulations have been made for the information
and guidance of the public in relation to the construction of Sewers
by persons other than the said Board within the parishes of Fulham
and Hammersmith forming the District under the control of the said
Board.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
(Pursuant to provisions of the Metropolis Local Management Acts.)
I. That before any person or persons shall construct-, rai'«, or branch any
sewer, for the purposes of draining any Ian 1, 11 >ii. .Street, plioe or
premises, within the aforesaid parishes of Fulham or Hammersmith,
into any sewer within the said District,—such person or persons shall
obtain the consent (in writing) of the aforesaid District Board.
II. That in applying for such consent as aforasaid, the person or persons
making such application must obtain and fill-up a form to be
furnished by the Board, and send with such application three copies
(3) of a plan of the land, road, street, place, or premises in which it
is proposed to construct a sewer, drawn up on tracing linen to a scale of
88 feet to an inch ; and there shall be shown upon such plan the
position, course and dimensions of the proposed sewer, with a section
and cross-section thereof, together with such other information as
from time to time may be required by the Board.
III. That having obtained such written consent to the construction of a
sewer, no abandonment, extension, contraction, or alteration of such
sewer shall be made without the previous sanction and approval in
writing of the aforesaid District Board.
IV. That in case any sewer, sanctioned or approve 1 as aforesaid, be not
constructed on executed within twelve calendar months from the date
of sanction or approval, the works for the construction of such sewer
shall not be executed without a freth permission being applied for
and obtained in manner hereinbefore provided by rules t and II.
V. In case any person, without the consent of the District B >arl, make or
branch, or cause to be made or branched, any sewer or drain, or make
any opening into any of the sewers within the said District, or if any
persou make or branch, or cause to be made or branched, any sewers