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Having written strongly in the Report of
last year about the unsatisfactory condition of
Alpha Place and having also furnished a special
Report, it is fitting that I should now mention
that the owner has carried out several alterations
for the better in these blocks. The tar paving in
the yards has been extended three feet which is of
real benefit, since it tends to promote both dryness
comfort and cleanliness, all the w.c.'s have been
renewed, dirty rooms have been cleansed and
several case of over-crowding abated.
Alpha Place.
The work of dealing with the sewage at
this Farm is being carried out as well as perhaps is
possible in such an unsuitable soil, it is at best
but an indifferent success, and sooner or later will
probably have to be dealt with on methods more
in accordance with advancing scientific knowledge,
and in compliance with the growth of the districts
dealt with.
Sewage Farm.
The nuisance created by the Pyne Road
watercourse being fouled has now been abated,
and the various works necessary for the prevention
of pollution have been carried out.
Pyne Road
Watercourse.
These having received the assent of the Local
Government Board came into force on 21st July,
1898. Amongst other powers, they require in the
future that a manhole and intercepting trap be
provided for every new house. The bye-law requiring
this is an important one as marking a
forward step in sanitation, for it tends in the case
of combined drains—common in small property—
to make more absolute the isolation of each
individual house from the possibility of nuisance
and infection from its neighbours. It is obvious
New Bye-Laws.
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