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SUMMER FLUSHING OF COURTS
AND ALLEYS.
The courts and alleys in the most crowded
and poorest parts of the City were flushed with
water during the hot months, followed by the
use of deodorants in the channels running
through the centres of the courts, gutters, etc.
Fifty-three places were so treated in the
East District; sixty-one in the Middle District;
and sixty-one in the West District.
In the same connection the entrance to
certain courts were cleansed and lime-washed
at the public expense, viz.: thirteen in the
East District; sixteen in the Middle District;
and sixteen in the West District. The
details of this work were given in my last
Annual Report, and need not be repeated.
DEODORIZING PUBLIC
ROAD-WAYS.
Deodorants for sprinkling the road-ways
were found of considerable utility in preventing
nuisance from the droppings of animals;