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House to house inspection has been carried out in the following
roads and streets:—Albion Road, Beaconsfield Road, Brandon Road,
Brunner Road, Cambridge Road, Clarkson Road, Colebrook Road,
Gaywood Road, Glenthorne Road, King Street, Lancaster Road, Leigh
Road, Manby Road, Maynard Road, Rutland Road, Parkestone Road,
Telford Road, Union Road, Waverley Road, Woodland Road, Mark.
house Place, Mission Grove, and Waverley Avenue.
Premises to the number of 2,722 have been inspected, and works
of sanitary improvement have been carried out in 1066 of them.
The reconstruction and repair of drains, as usual, form a considerable
portion of work, resulting from inspection. The drains of 113 premises
were reconstructed and 100 repaired, including, amongst the first, the
following blocks of premises :—
39 and 41, Myrtle Road.
17 and 18, Gamuel Road.
65 and 67, Acacia Road.
4y and 51, Acacia Road.
107, 109, 111,113 and 115, Longfellow
Road.
2 and 3, Church End.
375 and 377, Forest Road.
5 and 7, Maynard Road.
29 and 31, Maynard Road.
38 to 42, Maynard Road.
9 to 17, Maynard Road.
28 and 30, Prospect Hill.
14 and 16, Brandon Road.
1, 3 and 5, Raglan Road.
27 and 29, Ravenswocd Road.
57 and 59, Thorpe Road.
1 to 6, Byfield Road.
8 and 22, Mayfield Road.
10 and 12, Shakespeare Road.
69 to 79, Walpole Road.
3, 5, 7 and 9, The Links.
56 and 58, Blackhorse Road.
11 to 15, Oakfield Road.
46 to 60, Oatland Rise.
1 and 3, Apsley Road.
127 to 131, High Street.
181 and 183, Higham Hill Road.
37 and 39, Buxton Road.
107 and 109, St. Andrew's Road.
In the course of inspection 252 suspected house drains were tested
with chemical test or smoke, and 213 were found to be defective. It is
of course probable that some of those which did not reveal defects by
these means, were more or less faulty, but as no nuisance was discovered
no present objection can be taken to them. In a few special cases the
hydraulic test was used, generally, with success, for the purpose of
convincing owners of the need of reconstruction. The disputed
question of responsibility for the maintenance of combined systems of
drains, as between the Council and the owner or owners, continues to
be a cause of difficulty and delay as well as much friction, and it would
be a boon to all parties if a definite settlement could be arrived at.
There appears however little likelihood of any steps being taken to
relieve local authorities of that which by piecemeal legislation is cast
upon them under the present monstrously absurd state of the law on the
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