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St Giles (Camden) 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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The total cost of the street cleansing for the year ending 25th March, 1882, was as follows:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wages of men and boys | 2,033 | 15 | 0 |
| Brooms, scrapers, shovels, &c., and clothing for men and boys | 135 | 18 | 9 |
| Cartage of slop and street sweepings, and hire of horses for street sweeping and sand distributing machines | 2,224 | 0 | 0 |
| Total cost of cleansing for the year | £4,393 | 13 | 9 |
Limewhiting Courts.
The walls of buildings at the entrances to the Mews,
Yards, Courts, Alleys, &c., in the District, were twice
cleansed and limewhited during the year, at a cost of £70.
Public Urinals.
One additional urinal was erected during the year, viz.,
that in Shorts Gardens; this is in nearly the same position
as was occupied by an urinal which had existed there for
many years, but was demolished at the time the old
buildings of St. Giles Workhouse were pulled down, it
being formed on portion of the Workhouse Yard. The
new urinal is placed entirely on the public way.
The public urinals now belonging to the Board are 19 in
number, and contain 52 compartments: 11 of the urinals,
containing 41 compartments, have water laid on to them,
the others have not. The whole of them are cleansed
daily by the Board's workmen.
LIST OF PUBLIC URINALS IN THE ST. GILES DISTRICT.
| Bainsbridge Street | 5 | compartments, Water Supply laid on. | ||
| Chenies Mews, north | 3 | do. | do. | do. |
| Dunn's Passage | 5 | do. | do. | do. |
| Lascelles Court | 4 | do. | do. | do. |
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