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THE TOWN HULL.
A new cement shed and a men's mess-room are being provided in the
yard. The disinfecting and cleansing station has not yet materialised.
Mr. C. Abrams and wife became joint caretakers on February 14th ; their
advent has been followed by an improvement in cleanliness and temperature
which has been much appreciated by all of us using the buildings.
SANITARY CONVENIENCES.
There is a modern one at the important junction of Angel Road and
Fore Street; also on The Green. By-laws with reference to these buildings
were approved by the Local Government Board on 23rd January, 1909.
From March, persons desiring to use the W.C.s without charge were
absolved from signing the book ; this will facilitate abuse of this privilege.
The new one on The Green was opened, without ceremony, on 27th January.
In June more urinal slabs were fitted at Angel Road.
Urinals.—In February the Sanitary Committee recommended that the
old urinal on the west side of the low-level station at The Green be moved
further back so as to clear the footway, but the Works Committee preferred
the erection of a new one at an estimated cost of £94, which was carried out
by direct labour and finished in June. In May it was decided to move the
urinal at the north-east corner of Pymmes Park to the corner of the central
footpath from Victoria Road to Sweet Briar Walk ; in its new position it is more
capable of supervision and usuable day and night.
BATHS.
These were opened in 1903, the cost being £"28,245. (This amount
included the cost of the new Council Chamber, Mortuary, Stores and Offices).
There are no public wash-houses in connection with the baths.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
This library was opened in 1897. The cost was £5,000 which was chiefly
borne by Mr. Passmore Edwards. Mr. Farmborough is the Librarian ; and
the Management Committee, elected annually, consists of ten Councillors and
ten gentlemen chosen by the Council. There are no ladies on the Committee.
Its maintenance is provided out of the district rate.
THE CENSUS OF 1911.
At the end of 1913, Volume XI. was published. It is a very interesting
leturn of persons who were, in April 1911, recorded as totally blind, totally