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DRAINAGE OF NEW BUILDINGS.
During the year the following drainage plans of proposed
new buildings were submitted to and approved by the Public
Health Committee:—
Houses and Shops 200
Factories, &c. 9
Blocks of Flats 1
School 1
Nurses Home 1
Additions to existing buildings 25
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COMBINED DRAINAGE.
Twenty-two systems of combined drainage, for portions of
which the Council was liable, owing to certain of the pipes which
received the drainage of more than one building, forming
"sewers" within the meaning of the Metropolis Local Management
Act, were reconstructed during the year at a cost to the
Council of £269 l1s. 7d., the work being carried out by a
contractor at a schedule of prices. The sum of £77 18s. 9d. was
also paid to owners in respect of work, executed by them in
compliance with notices served by the Council at 10 houses in
connection with house drains, which were "sewers" as defined by
the Metropolis Management Act.
A decision with regard to a combined drain was given in
the Court of King's Bench by Mr. Justice Channell in the case
of Heaver and Others v. The Mayor, &c., of Fulham.
The action was first, for an injunction to restrain the
defendants from entering upon the premises, 29, Rosebury Road,
and breaking open, altering, or in any way interfering with the
drain or sewer thereon; and secondly, for a declaration that the
pipe draining the house was a "sewer."
The Borough Council had served upon the defendants notices
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the Metropolis