THE DRAINAGE QUESTION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ZEALAND TIMES. Sir, —Is it the duty of the Corporation to take steps to purify some of our streets ? I can point out more places than one where the drainage from dwellinghouses goes into the gutter of the street and stays there until it stagnates. I have no drainage from the house I occupy, although it stands about fourteen feet above the level of the street, and on complaining to the landlord, he said he could not drain on account of there being no main drain in the street to take it off. The consequence is that the waste water must of necessity go down the path (which is now from long usage worn into a drain), and out of the front gate. Who can wonder that scarlet fever or any epidemic comes amongst us. It is to be hoped that more notice will be taken of the street gutters before the summer sets in, if not, who can tell the consequences ?—I am, &c., Dom Spiro Spero.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4867, 27 October 1876, Page 2
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177THE DRAINAGE QUESTION. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4867, 27 October 1876, Page 2
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