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that they become a nuisance and an eyesore.
The case of the road between the shops near the
Post Office on Surbiton Hill well exemplifies the
necessity, and there are similar instances in lower
Surbiton waiting attention.
Surface water drainage works are in progress
North of the railway, that on the South side
having been completed.
Public urinals are very much needed in the
district, especially in the neighbourhood of the
railway station.
New sewers are to be laid in Victoria, Claremont
and Glenbuck Roads, all of which are in a
defective condition.
The present Bye-laws do not give the Council Bye-aws.
power to insist that notice shall be given when
house drains are going to be relaid, and it not
infrequently happens that houses are thus redrained
in a very careless and unworkmanlike
manner without the knowledge of the Sanitary
Inspector and consequently without his supervision.
A tenant finds "something wrong with
the drains," he calls in a builder who condemns
them and gets the order to put them right, he
does the work, and in a few months it is all wrong
again. Two such cases have recently been
reported to me by the Sanitary Inspector, in
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