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ENQUIRY BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL
AS TO THE SANITARY CONDITION AND
ADMINISTRATION OF FULHAM.
The Assistant Medical Officer to the London County
Council, Dr. Young, made an enquiry on behalf of the
Council, during the year, as to the sanitary condition and
administration of Fulham. Dr. Young's report will be
found in the appendix to this report.
COMBINED DRAINAGE.
A conference of Metropolitan Vestries and District
Boards, convened by the Holborn District Board of Works,
met on four occasions at the Holborn Town Hall. The
Bill to amend the Metropolis Management Acts with respect
to drains and sewers, prepared by the London County
Council was considered and some alterations suggested.
The chief clauses of the Bill altered, was suggested by
the conference, are the following:—
I. In the construction of the Metropolis Management
Act, 1855, and the Acts amending the same,
the word "drain" shall be deemed to apply to,
and Include the subject matters specified in the
250th section of the Metropolis Management Act,
1855, and in the 112th section of the Metropolis
Management Act, 1862, and also any drain,
whether constructed before the first of January,
1856, or subsequently, which has not been approved
as a sewer by the Metropolitan Commissioners
of Sewers, or under Section 69 of the Metropolis
Management Act, 1855, and Section 45 of the
Metropolis Management Amendment Act, 1862,
or under Sections 47 and 48 of the latter Act.
II. Any Local Authority may recover any expenses
incurred by them in clearing, repairing, or replacing
any drain, for draining any group or block
of houses, from the owner or owners of any
premises for the drainage of which such drain is or