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same or different owners) are at the date of the passing of this Act, or may at any time
thereafter, be connected, or which is used, or capable of being or intended to be used
for the conveyance of the drainage of such houses or buildings directly or by means of
any other sewer or drain to any public sewer situate under a street repairable by the
inhabitants at large, but shall not include any sewer which has been constructed to the
satisfaction of the Corporation under Section 152 of the Public Health Act, 1875, or any
sewer which has been constructed by the Corporation for the effectual drainage of the
Borough.
A Bill dealing with the subject was subsequently brought in by Mr. James Stuart, called
the "Metropolitan Sewers and Drains Bill," the second reading- of which was dropped.
Old Road and Manor Lane.
On 1st November, 1898, the Yestry resolved to relay the sewer at the rear of Manor Lane
in 12-inch pipes, at an estimated cost of £2G0.
Rotherhithe Street.
On 7th March, 1899, the Sanitary Committee reported with reference to the following
report of the Surveyor: —
The Lower King and Queen Wharf, Rotherhithe Street, being without any convenience
for the men employed thereat, I have received a notice to build and drain a water-closet,
but as the Yestry has at present no sewer opposite this property, I have been unable to
deal with the notice, and refer the matter for your consideration. The nearest available
sewer is a 12-inch pipe running down St. Paul's Lane about 6 ft. 3 in. deep at its entry into
Rotherhithe Street, and about 70 yards from the point opposite the property where the
water closet is to be constructed. To construct this length of sewer in 12-inch pipes about
7 feet deep to the invert with the necessary manholes I estimate will cost £120.
Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee, that the necessary length of
sewer be constructed, at an estimated cost of £120.