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These Conveniences have been let to Mr. George Jennings,
of Lambeth, who provides the necessary attendance and cleaning
materials, the Board paying for gas and water supplied.
I am not in a position to state whether these Conveniences
are a financial success, but I learn that they are being more used
than when first opened, both in the men's and women's departments,
especially on Sundays and holidays.
Clifton Hill. The old slate and iron Urinal has also been
removed, and a new ornamental structure fitted up with glazed
stoneware stalls, and marble divisions, with automatic flushing
arrangements (the first of its kind, I believe, in London), at a
cost of £217 15s. 7d., including the cost of alterations to drains,
water service and paving.
This erection is a great improvement from a sanitary point of
view, and I am glad to say the public, apparently, appreciate the
alteration, and I may state that the partitions and stalls have not
in any way been defaced, as was the custom with the old slate
Urinal.
The Wall Urinals at King William Street, Park Row, and
Vanbrugh Hill, have been fitted with automatic flushing tanks,
new sparge pipes and distributors, and gullies fitted with an
overflow outlet to prevent flooding by the accumulation of light
refuse on the horizontal gully grate. This work cost the sum
of £28 3s.
RECREATION GROUND.
The addition to St. Nicholas Recreation Ground was opened
on the 1st November, 1897, by the Chairman of St. Nicholas
Parish Committee, Mr. A. Golding, and among those present