Inlet and overflow fitting for bathtubs, having an overflow body which can be fixed to a through-opening of a bathtub wall and has a water connection and an overflow channel opening out at an overflow opening of the inlet and overflow fitting, with an actuating element for opening and closing an outlet valve of the bath tub, the overflow body having a bearing section (2.1) for receiving a driver shaft or driver rod which can be actuated by the actuating element, and a fastening element which can be fixed on the bearing section (2.1) being arranged between the actuating element and the overflow body, with a water transfer channel running from the overflow body in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting into the bathtub, which channel is connected to the water connection in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting in such a way that water for an inlet into the bathtub can flow from the water connection into the water transfer channel, wherein the fastening element comprises the water transfer channel, wherein the water transfer channel is connected to a deflecting channel (10.4) which, in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting, runs above the bathtub rim (7.1) in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting, wherein the deflection channel (10.4) defines a horizontal flow section which lies above the bathtub rim (7.1) in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting, wherein the deflecting channel (10.4) is provided with at least one inlet channel (10.5) which, in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting, opens out below the overflow opening so that inlet and overflow are separated from each other, and which has a ventilation opening (10.7) arranged above the bathtub rim (7.1) in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting, and with a detachable hood-shaped covering which covers the water transfer channel running in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting in the bathtub, the deflection channel (10.4), the at least one inlet channel (10.5) and the overflow opening. having an overflow body which can be fixed to a through-opening of a bathtub wall and has a water connection and an overflow channel opening out at an overflow opening of the inlet and overflow fitting, with an actuating element for opening and closing an outlet valve of the bath tub, the overflow body having a bearing section (2.1) for receiving a driver shaft or driver rod which can be actuated by the actuating element, and a fastening element which can be fixed on the bearing section (2.1) being arranged between the actuating element and the overflow body, with a water transfer channel running from the overflow body in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting into the bathtub, which channel is connected to the water connection in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting in such a way that water for an inlet into the bathtub can flow from the water connection into the water transfer channel, wherein the fastening element comprises the water transfer channel, wherein the water transfer channel is connected to a deflecting channel (10.4) which, in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting, runs above the bathtub rim (7.1) in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting, wherein the deflection channel (10.4) defines a horizontal flow section which lies above the bathtub rim (7.1) in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting, wherein the deflecting channel (10.4) is provided with at least one inlet channel (10.5) which, in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting, opens out below the overflow opening so that inlet and overflow are separated from each other, and which has a ventilation opening (10.7) arranged above the bathtub rim (7.1) in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting, and with a detachable hood-shaped covering which covers the water transfer channel running in the assembled state of the inlet and overflow fitting in the bathtub, the deflection channel (10.4), the at least one inlet channel (10.5) and the overflow opening.