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that point, a flushing tank was built, to hold 780 gallons, with
an 8 inch automatic syphon, and the water laid on to the same,
the whole being carried ont at the expense of the Company. This
tank is now being used for flushing the sewer, which is a great
improvement, the gradient being rather flat. A 3 feet by 2 feet
egg-shaped brick and concrete sewer was also built at the cost
of the Short lands and Nunhead Railway Company under their
line, for the extension of the Comerford Road Sewer and the
drainage of Christ's Hospital land. The foundations of the
western columns of the bridge carrying the railway over Catford
Hill were laid at an additional depth in order to allow of a
new and deeper sewer being constructed in the road without in
any way interfering with the bridge, the Board paying part of
the expense. When the sewer in Nelgarde Road was laid a
flushing tank, holding gallons, with an 8-inch automatic
syphon, was constructed and the water laid on. The work was
done at the cost of Mr. Sipalhnan. The flushing tank is now in
nse, and is a great benefit.
A suggestion was made by the "West Kent Main Sewerage
Board to drain, by way iof exchange, a portion of the Cator Estate,
in Lewisham, into their system, and for this Board to drain
another portion of the same estate, in Beekenham, into the Lewisham
sewers. Nothing came of the application. I stated in my
last report that the newer had been extended in the Bromley Road
as far as Rose Lawn. I am very anxious to see it further
extended to the Hamlet of Southend, and hope something will be
done shortly towards attaining this object.
The sewers vested in the Board have been inspected, cleansed
and Hushed at regular intervals during the year, and were never
in better condition than at present.
The flushing men have been engaged in tracing and finding
the i>osition of stoppages, &c., in house drains, before serving
notices. This work has greatly increased, particularly since the
Public Health (London) Act has been in force.
I append to this report a list of the tanks with automatic
syphons at work at the present time in the District. The collective
discharge of them amounts to 60,/-10 gallons of water in
Lewisham, and 18,915 in Penge. This discharge can be regulated
to go off as often as required. In these days ot sanitary progress,