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other causes, which were remedied so far as practicable
without delay.
One hundred and twenty-eight examinations
from sewers have been made in order to ascertain
the condition of drains where complaints have been
received as to obstructions or other defects in them.
When the examinations have been made, the cost
for so doing being previously paid by the applicants,
and the nature of the defects ascertained, the same
has been communicated to the applicants. If an
obstruction only is found in a drain, and it can be
removed by the use of drain-rods from the sewer,
the same is done; on the other hand, if a drain is
found in such a condition, under the roadway or
footway, as to necessitate its reconstruction, the
Vestry's Contractor executes the work at the cost of
the parties requiring it.
In consequence of heavy deposits accumulating
in many of the large brick sewers, especially those
with flat or segmental inverts and slow gradients, it
has been necessary as usual to cleanse and flush them
with water. The deposits that could not be flushed
away, amounting to 132 cubic yards, have been removed
from the sewers, and carted away in the
ordinary manner.
There are also small brick and pipe sewers