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me in ray endeavours to get every house which comes under
my notice, through one reason or another, into as perfect a
state (from a sanitary point of view) as the powers allocated
to me under the various Acts and Statutes will allow, in
order that our population—especially the poorer classes—may
reside in houses maintained under good sanitary conditions'
Opening up of Drains under Section 41 of the Public
Health Act, 1875.—As the result of either the smoke or
chemical test, applications were made to the Local Authority
to enter the premises, open the ground, and examine the
drains, water closets, etc., of 41 houses.
In such cases, the applications being granted, written
notice of intention to make the examination is sent to the
occupier, and upon the conditions existing being determined
the ground is filled in and a report made at the following
meeting of the Sanitary Committee, when, if necessary,
Notices are authorised to be served for the defects to be made
good.
House Drainage.—The drainage systems and sanitary
fittings have been reconstructed at 69 houses, and repairs and
amendments, generally of an extensive character, at 85 other
houses.
I he following groups of houses were re.drained:—
21, 23 and 25, Gladstone Road.
99 to 107, Pelham Road (5 houses).
68 to 80, Pelham Road (7 houses).
86, 88 and 90, Hartfield Crescent.
174—186, Merton Road (7 houses).
and also 8 houses (4 pairs), one pair in each of the following
streets:—
Hartfield Road.
North Road.
Richmond Road.
Alexandra Road.
The owner of Nos. 68 to 80, Pelham Road, failed to
comply with the Statutory Notices served, and the work was
carried out in default, at his cost, by the Corporation.
The smoke and water tests were applied to drains and
sanitary fittings on 726 occasions.
House-to-House Inspection.—This work, the importance
of which is emphasized in the Order of the Local Government
Board, and is a prominent feature of the Housing and Town
Planning Bill of the last Session of Parliament, is undertaken
as time permits after the routine work of inquiries into cases
of infectious disease have been made, complaints investigated,
and drainage and other work in progress supervised.
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