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plan from the best information otherwise obtainable, some of
them no doubt being omitted.
On account of the difficulty of getting accurate information
about underground conduits of various sizes, constructed at
different times; the necessity for examining and filling up
without delay any openings made; and in consequence of the
extent to which building operations have been carried on
since the Ordnance Map was corrected; the surveys, investigations,
and levels occupied an amount of time which may
appear large, when compared with the works now proposed;
but I may mention that it was the information thus obtained
that enabled me, by utilising existing conduits, to reduce to
such small proportions the works now recommended for construction.
The Plan which has occasionally, while in progress, been
submitted to Committees of both the Bromley and Lewisham
Hoards, will form a useful basis for economy in future works,
not only near the boundary, but in any part of either District
which it comprises.
I have other levels and particulars of Sewers and Waterways
in parts of Penge, and the Beckenham Sewerage Area,
not shown on this plan.
The nuisance caused by the drainage of houses (chiefly on Kent House
the Birkbeck Estate) into the Boundary Ditch near BeckenLane sewer.
ham Road, appeared to require the earliest attention, and,
with the sanction of the Local Committees, I prepared a
separate Report dealing with it, and recommending the
construction of a Sewer along Kent House Lane, to take the
sewage of the Birkbeck Estate, Beckenham, and of a portion
of Penge. This Sewer, which is 2,300 feet in length, is now
approaching completion.
With reference to the question of disposing of the storm- Storm water.
waters, I stated in the Report referred to, that it would be
for the Sanitary Authority "to consider how far they have
power, and think it right, to compel owners of property to
make separate provision for disposing of the rainfall on the
roads, houses, and gardens respectively."