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BOROUGH OF 1'ADUINGTON.
The total amount expended for these works is
£2,351 17s. 1d.
The sum of £704 14s. 4d. has been paid to the
Accountant on behalf of the Vestry for drainage
works executed for various applicants, including the
Gas Light and Coke Company, the Grand Junction
Water Works Company, and the Tramway Company,
which sum is included in the above total amount of
Sewers Jobbing Works.
Numerous complaints have been received from
Parishioners and others respecting the unsatisfactory
condition of their house drains, either from faulty
construction when the houses were built or want of
improved sanitary appliances. In many cases the*
cause of complaint has arisen on account of the drains
being obstructed or untrapped, thereby allowing an
escape of sewage matter by percolation, also bad
smells to pervade the interior of the dwellings. This
at times lias caused serious illness to the occupiers.
Where stoppages in drains have occurred, they have
been quickly removed, where possible to do so, by the
use of drain-rods from the sewer, and in the case of
other defects they have been remedied by re-construction
and the untrapped outlets cffieicntly trapped.
One hundred and twenty-five examinations have
been made from those sewers, which enable the
Vestry s workmen to ascertain the condition of the