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11 to 25 Waterloo Road,
19 to 25 Cleves Road,
2 to 18 Sherrard Road,
64 to 70 Plashet Lane,
31 to 41 Whittaker Road,
Golden Fleece Public House, Capel Road.
COMBINED DRAINS.
As nearly the whole of the drains which have been re-constructed
are old properties, the cost of carrying out the work would
have fallen upon the District but for the passing of the East Ham
Improvement Act, 1903, which defines a drain so as to include
all combined drains within its meaning.
It will be seen that this Section is a great financial boon to
the Borough for considerably over £1,000 worth of work of this
character has been executed during the past year.
In the event of stoppage, the Council send two men who are
wholly employed for this special work of drain clearing, and are
intimately acquainted with the construction of the drains, knowing
exactly the position of the Inspection Chambers, and in the event
of the drains becoming stopped, they know where to open to clear,
while strangers usually commence by breaking pipes to unstop
a drain.
In the interest of Public Health, the Council's system of
clearing drains is to be highly commended, for if the work is left
to the individual owner to do, he usually calls in a person whom
he thinks to be a "cheap man," with the result that permanent
damage is done and covered up, and not until perhaps disease
necessitates the drains being tested is the work of the jobber
disclosed.
During the year 2703 house drains have been cleared by the
Council's men, and it is essential to all concerned that stoppages
should be cleared speedily and efficiently.