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SANITARY MEASURES AND REMOVAL OF NUISANCES.
The Report of the Medical Officer of Health, is annexed hereto as required
by the Amendment Act, and contains tabular statements, showing the sanitary
condition of the Parish during the year, and also a statement of the nuisances
which the Board have caused to be removed in the same period.
The sanitary condition of the Parish being the most important duty devolving
upon the Vestry, their most careful consideration continues to be directed to
it, and the Vestry cannot too strongly urge upon the inhabitants to aid them
therein, by making them, or their officers acquainted with the existence of any
nuisance which may arise in the Parish.
LIGHTING.
The number of the public lamps in the Parish is now 640, viz.—
Surrey Gas Company's district 425
South Metropolitan Gas Company's district 153
Phœenix Gas Company's district 62
640
Five additional lamps have been provided during the year, and the positions
of several altered for the better lighting of the district.
The annual charge for lighting, extinguishing, cleansing, painting and
repairing each lamp is £4 5s.
CLEANSING AND DUSTING.
In the sweeping of the streets, the Vestry has during the year, as in
previous years, co-operated with the Guardians of the Poor in employing persons,
applicants for relief from the Poor's Rate, but with the view to secure this work
being done more efficiently, have directed a limited number of able-bodied
laborers to be employed in addition during the approaching Winter.
The dust as heretofore, has been collected by men employed by the Vestry,
and then sold to Mr. Wood for the sum of £3 6s. 8d. per 100 loads.
The Vestry continue anxious to keep the dwellings of the inhabitants free
from dust and decomposing matter, and solicit the parishioners to make known at
the Vestry Office any neglect of the dustmen to remove the refuse.
WATERING.
The streets as heretofore were watered by 6 water carts during the season.
PAVING.
The Vestry have caused the following streets, comprising carriageways and
footpaths to be repaved, viz.:—
Feet in
Length.
Superl.
Yards.
Cost per
Yard.
Total Cost.
£
s.
d.
—
—
s.
d.
Salisbury Street:—New Edge Curb, part
old Curb relaid, Granite Carriageway
relaid, New York and part old York
2
5¾
1270
470
157
8
9
George Row:— Portion of Footpath on
west side paved with new York, and
Curb relaid
118
5
4
193
31
9
3
Mill Street:— Five-feetway paved with
new York
91
5
6
162
25
1
8
The Macadamized Roads and Footways in the Parish have been newly-coated
with material from time to time as occasion required.
In addition to the above the whole of the Footways and paved Carriageways
under the control of the Board have been kept in repair.