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a company, and every such overflow pipe or waste pipe
existing when these regulations come into operation shall
be removed. This would tend to remove the poisonous
effluvia from the drain which would otherwise ascend through
the pipe.
Sewer Gases.
Continued care is required to prevent the ingress of foul
air into houses from drains.
Hundreds of houses still communicate with the sewers
by waste pipes, sink pipes, water-closets, soil pipes, bath
pipes, basin pipes, &c.; and, although supposed to be secured
by what are called traps, still admit poisonous gases, often
laden with the germs of infectious diseases.
A great amount of trouble has been taken to remedy
these dangers in the construction of new houses in the
district, but without constant care little or no attention is
paid to drainage which is hidden out of sight.
No house should in any way communicate with a sewer,
but should have its connection so broken that any foul gas
can only get vent into the open air.
Cow Houses and Dairies.
The cow houses and dairies have been frequently
inspected. It is important that this should be done, in
order that the surroundings of these useful establishments be
rendered as pure and clean as practicable, and any disease
amongst the cattle, or those attending upon them be removed
at once.
Milk is such an important article of diet amongst infants
and invalids that regulations as to cow houses and dairies
cannot be too stringent. The more stringent the regulations
the better both as regards the proprietors and the consumers.
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
F. E. WILKINSON.