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stoneware syphon trap in connection with the system of drainage, and where no forecourts
exist, shall, with the permission of the Vestry, be made to pass into a channel by means of
cast-iron gutter pipes laid with their top side level with the flagging of the footway.
At a meeting of the Vestry, held on 5th June, 1894, it was Resolved to adopt the
following regulations prepared by the Surveyor with reference to the drainage of houses:-
REGULATIONS FOE HOUSE DRAINAGE.
NOTE. Under the Metropolis Management Acts persons are liable to the following
penalties:
£5 for omitting to give notice.
£10 for making drains contrary to the directions or regulations of the
Vestry.
£50 for making drain contrary to the order of the Vestry, and drain cut off.
from sewer.
£20 for building or encroaching on any sewer.
£20 for interfering with any sewer without a license.
1. Seven days' notice of the intention to drain a house or building to be given to the
Vestry. Forms of application can be obtained from the Surveyor.
2. A second notice is required when the work has not been commenced within six
months from the date of application, and the sanction is given only to the person or persons
making the application.
3. Such notice must be accompanied by a plan drawn to a scale of not less than
16 feet to an inch, accompanied by a block plan, showing the locality of the intended works,
drawn to a scale of not less than 44 feet to an inch. The plan must show as much detail of
the house or premises proposed to be drained as is necessary to enable a judgment to be
formed as to the efficiency of the intended drainage. It must also show the position of all
water closets, sinks, bath wastes, &c., the lines of new drains with the sizes thereof to be
shown in red, and any existing drains in blue upon the plan.