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At the September meeting of the Sanitary
Committee the Surveyor reported that a large
quantity of sub-soil water was discharging into
the public sewer from the drains belonging to the
Tolworth Isolation Hospital, and I was instructed
to examine the drainage and report thereon.
The result of such examination revealed most
serious sanitary defects, which were set forth in
detail in a special report which I made to the
Sanitary Committee at their October meeting.
A copy of this report was sent by the
Committee to the Joint Hospital Board with a
request that they would give it their earliest
attention.
The Board forthwith appointed a Surveyor to
examine and test the drainage. He confirmed my
report, and they at once gave instructions for a
new system of drainage to be constructed on the
lines set out in my report.
The work is now in progress and proceeding
in a satisfactory manner.
During the year 122 defective drains have
been entirely relaid and made to withstand the
water test. These cases generally include the
amendment of every defect in the drainage system
that can be discovered on the premises.
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