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cesses of disinfection arc adopted in accordance with the
provisions of the Sanitary Act.
1874.—A disinfecting apparatus has been purchased by
the Board, and will shortly be erected in some convenient
part of the district, where it will be available for public use
as a disinfectant of wearing apparel, bedding, &c.
Drainage.
1856.—Separation of surface water from sewage.
It would be advisable attentively to remove direct (house)
drainage and convey it into the sewer. Arch the watercourse
over, and allow it to remain as a drain for the surface water.
1808.—I am not aware that there is any map or sufficient
register of house drainage in the district. May I be allowed
to suggest that as drainage is carried on it will be most
important to have some easy and accurate means of reference
as to what houses have been drained, and when and in what
manner this has been done?
1864.—The drainage of houses appears to me to be
faulty in principle. Inconveniences from the entry of sewer
gas might with small amount of cost be remedied by cutting
off all direct communication with the sewer.
Thus-
Let the water-closet be well trapped and in a well
ventilated building, which may be connected with the house,
but not within it.
Do not allow the soil pipe to be within the house; do
not let the waste pipes from cisterns, or the pipes from sinks
communicate directly with sewers or cesspools; these pipes
should merely pass through the wall of the house, and have
a free end hanging a few inches above a trapped gully outside
the house. By this arrangement many of the inconveniences
of stopped drains would be avoided, and no sewer gas from
this constant cause could enter the house.
It appears to me always injudicious to place a drain
within a dwelling-house, and I have from this cause seen
pernicious effects to arise from the entry of sewer gas. If it