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The Rose Street urinal has been provided with an inspection
chamber and disconnecting* trap, and the drainage generally overhauled.
In consequence of numerous complaints as to the overflow from
the urinal in Durham Hill, the floor of same has been raised to enable
a larger gulley to be placed therein, thus reducing the liability of
choking. The whole surface of floor has also been taken up and
relaid with mastic asphalte, thus preventing any leakage into the
vaults below upon the Adelphi Estate.

UNDERGROUND LAVATORIES.
The underground Lavatories in Charing Cross are now practically
completed, and will be opened for public use on April 12th.
The work has not progressed so quickly as I anticipated, but the
Lavatories will, I feel sure, rank well with any that have yet been
constructed in London or elsewhere. The levels in the street make
this an awkward site for covering in, and the site itself necessitated
a plan of an irregular shape.
In getting out the excavation an old cast iron cylindrical well
was discovered a few feet below the surface, having a depth of
twenty-four feet and a diameter of 4 feet, at the time of opening
there was 8 feet of water in the well. It is supposed to have supplied
the public pump originally standing at Charing Cross. Several
lengths of the old wooden water conduits were also found upon the
site.
A large water main belonging to the Chelsea Water Works Co.
had to be removed from the site, also smaller pipes connected with
the Office of Works Water Scheme.