IMPROVEMENT OF PRIVATE STREETS.
The 150th section of the Public Health Act — Criticisms of this section — Duties of the surveyor in connection with it — Specimen forms of notices — Carrying out the work — Taking over private streets — Agreement to take over a road — What is a “road”? — Legal definition of the term street
CHAPTER XVIII.
NEW STREETS AND BUILDINGS.
Important duty of surveyor — Clauses of the Public Health Act — Model bye-laws — What is a new building? — The term “ground floor” — Alteration of existing buildings — Deposit of plans — Clauses of the Public Health Act — Clauses necessary in the bye-laws with regard to deposit — Form of notice in respect of deposit of plans — Suggestions for town surveyor in connection with this duty and examination of plans — Supervision of buildings in course of erection — Stringency of bye-laws — Protection of life from fire necessary — Party walls through roofs — Space at back — Fee for inspection
CHAPTER XIX.
SCAVENGING.
The Public Health Act on the subject — List of duties involved by the clauses of the Act — What is house refuse? — Removal of trade or garden refuse — Position of dust bin — Objections to fixed bin — Different methods of collection of refuse — Public dust bins — House to house call — Receptacles brought out into streets — Carts employed for scavenging — Life and cost of wooden carts — Improved sanitary carts — Disposal of refuse — Methods adopted in various towns — Destruction by fire — Cleansing of streets — Machinery v. hand labour — Durability of brooms — Scavenging at Liverpool — Quantity of material removed from roads — Cleansing private courts and alleys — Removal of snow — Mr. Hayward on the subject — Clarke’s apparatus — Hints on removal of snow — Street watering — Several methods described — Brown’s system — Mr. Parry on hand-watering — Headley’s machine — Street watering in Paris — Bayley’s Hydrostatic Van — Mr. Scott on watering and stand-pipes — Advantage of using disinfectant with water — Cost of scavenging, &c. — Heads for a contract — Administration of work without intervention of contractor the best
CHAPTER XX.
SEWERAGE.