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working order. Thirteen Head Walls, where foul
gases accumulated, have been destroyed, and there
is now a strong current of air passing through the
whole of the Sewers in this locality.
These Sewers receive during the wet weather
(in addition to the ordinary flow of sewage) a
large body of storm-water from the main line in
Radnor Place, which renders accumulation of filth
impossible.
I have also to state that the Sewerage Works
constructed by W. H. Rowe, Contractor, in
Bishop's Road and Westbourne Grove, for the
purpose of relieving the Basements of the Houses
in Grove Terrace, Sussex Terrace, Royal Oak
Terrace and Westbourne Grove, from being
flooded by back storm-water from the Ranelagh
Sewer, have answered admirably. The recent wet
weather severely tested the scheme, especially on
the 2nd June, when it rained twelve hours in
succession; and although the water in Westbourne
Grove Sewer was eight inches above the floor line
of the Houses, only two out of the sixty-five
Houses were flooded, namely, the "Redan" Public
House and No. 6, Sussex Terrace. I have since
ascertained that these were flooded in consequence
of the private Drain being defective, as it is quite
evident from the large body of water which was
pent back, would (if the valve had not acted
properly) have flooded the whole of the Houses in
the aforesaid locality.
When the middle level Sewer, which is now