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The carriageways of High Holborn, Oxford Street, Little Queen
Street, High Street, Hart Street, and Great and Little St. Andrew
Streets, were washed on several occasions during the year, by means of
watering carts and the sweeping machines. The cost of the washing is
included in the two items of cost for street cleansing and street
watering.
Street Orderly Boys.
In July last, your Surveyor reported to the Board on the desirability
of employing boys, in cleansing the footways of the main
thoroughfares in the District, during sloppy weather, and the utilizing
the staff of boys during dry weather, in collecting the horse droppings
on the wood paving in High Holborn and Oxford Street. The matter
was fully considered by your Board, who resolved, on the 14th October,
1879, to employ 8 boys and 1 man (as ganger) for those purposes.
These commenced work on the 3rd November, 1879, and the
system has been continued to the present time, the result being highly
satisfactory.
Street Watering.
The street watering was performed by contract, the contractor
supplying all carts, horses and drivers required, at a fixed price for
the whole work for the year.

Removal of Dust.
The dust and ashes were removed from the houses in the District
by contract, at a cost of £1,516 13s. 4d.
Limewhiting Courts.
The walls of buildings at the entrances to the mews, yards, courts,
alleys, &c., in the District were twice cleansed and limewhited, at a
cost of about £60.