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of Painter's Rents, for the purpose of connccting the main
factory with a new building facing Butcher Row. The Board
granted the application upon the usual terms.
EMANATIONS FROM SEWERS.
On the 6th July I reported as follows upon the question of
the noxious effluvia arising from the main drainage system in
the locality of St. Paul s Road. Limehousc.
"Report upon the question of the Noxious Effluvia arising
"from the Main Drainage System in the locality of St. Paul's
"Road, Limchouse:—
"The Engineer of the London County Council states that:—
"In order that sewer ventilation in any particular district may be
"effective, it is neccssary that not only the main or intercepting
"sewers should be fullvvenlilatcd.butth.it the local sewers should
"also be properly ventilated, otherwise that the foul air generated
"'these latter sewers is driven into the main sewers, thus causing
"'a concentration of foul air, the escape of which, at the street
"'level, is often a cause of complaint.' The Engineer
"further states that:—'Upon an examination of about
"'2o miles of local sewers within the area complained
"'of, i.e, through the districts of Limchouseand Bromley to the
'"Abbey Mills Pumping Station, it was found that the ventilators
"'were entirely insufficient in number and size, there being on an
"'average, only four per mile, or one-fifth of the number
"'which is considered necessary.' The Engineer also
'expresses the opinion in which the Main Drainage
"Committee of the Council concur, 'that until the local
"'sewers are fully ventilated either by the construction of a large
"'number of additional ventilators at the street level, or by other
''means.it will be useless to hope that the Council will be enabled
"'effectively to deal with the ventilation of the main lines.
"Upon these statements I wish to make the following
"observations, viz.:—
"That no noxious smell proceeded from the district sewers