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169
RE DRAINAGE OF BUILDINGS.
It will be seen from the above table that the erection of new houses is still
being carried on at a rapid rate in this District.
The appointment of a Drainage Inspector on the 5th March, 1890, has
enabled the Vestry to exercise a much more efficient control over the construction
of the drainage of houses, and consequently a greatly improved system of
drainage has been adopted.
The Inspector has also been able to test, many of the new drains constructed,
with water.
It is, in my opinion, advisable that all drains should be tested; and before
any house is allowed to be occupied, the owner ought to be obliged to produce a
certificate from the Surveyor that the drains have been laid in a satisfactory
manner. In that case, a reasonable fee should be charged the owner for such a
certificate, which would be of great value to him.
If, however, the Vestry undertake this work additional inspectors will be
required.
The regulations adopted by the Vestry with respect to drainage are not, in
my opinion, satisfactory in many particulars and should be revised.
On the 18th October, 1890, a builder was fined 40s. and costs for proceeding
with the drainage of the houses before making the connection to the main
sewer in the road.

Table showing the number of complaints from March in each year:—
1888-9.
1889-90.
1890-91.
26 March to 25 April
262
272
320
26 April „ 25 May
415
307
486
26 May ,, 25 June
396
253
466
26 June ,, 25 July
226
206
156
26 July „ 25 August
152
137
144
26 August „ 25 Sept.
173
91
142
26 Sept. „ 25 Oct.
129
42
112
26 Oct. ,, 25 Nov.
202
49
137
26 Nov. „ 25 Dec.
232
84
205
26 Dec. „ 25 Jan.
276
297
591
26 Jan. ,, 25 Feb.
338
207
1234
26 Feb. ,, 25 March
523
128
450
3324
2073
4443