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CONNECTIONS TO SEWERS.
Seventy new connections from houses have been made to
the sewers by men in the employ of your Vestry.
EXAMINING OUTLETS TO DRAINS.
Examinations of outlets of drains have been made in
12 cases. The fee for examination is five shillings.
FLUSHING.
The small sewers and courts were flushed at intervals
during the hot weather as found necessary. The cost of
water was £84 4s. 3d.; labour, £49 2s. 7d.
DISINFECTING.
The gullies and market streets were regularly disinfected
during the summer months. The disinfectants used for all
purposes amounted to 2,270½ gallons of sanitary fluid,
costing £227 1s.
URINALS.
All the Urinals in the Parish are fitted up on the trough
system, and flushed automatically. Excluding the Lavatories
at Piccadilly Circus and Great Marlborough Street,
the water has cost £129 2s.10d.
A constant supply of water is laid on to all the Urinals
in the Parish.
The cost of alterations and repairs have been £72 13s. 1d.,
and cleansing £79 4s. 11d. The repairs were principally
making good wilful damage caused by persons unknown,
laying a new iron drain to Cork Street Mews Urinal,
and providing and fixing a new slate screen to Ham Yard
Urinal.