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examination. The drains belonging to this school
were subsequently examined and tested by her
own Surveyor and were found to be defective, and
instructions were given for them to be re-laid and
brought up to date. When the drains were exposed
they were found to be constructed of half
tiles and not connected with the sewer. The
sewage passing down the drains had for years
been escaping out of the defective pipes and joints
into the ground.
The drains belonging to the public elementary
schools were all examined and tested. Two
were found to be satisfactory, one slightly defective,
and two so defective as to constitute a nuisance.
A report upon the condition of the drains and the
work necessary to put them into a satisfactory
sanitary condition was sent to the Managers in
each case. In two instances the remedial works
are in progress, and in the third my report which
has only just been submitted to the Managers is
having- their consideration.
Of the seven private schools whose owners
agreed to the drains being tested, the drains of
three were found to be so defective that it was
necessary to re-lay them throughout. At one
school a defective sanitary convenience was found
and was subsequently put in order. The necessary
work of re-laying" the drains at two of these
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schools has been carried out and in the third case
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