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sewers.
In the Parish of Clapham, 140 feet lineal of new 9-inch
pipe sewer, with 3 manhole shafts and 3 iron pipe ventilators,
have been constructed in Downer's Cottages, at a
cost of £60. Five new gullies have been constructed,
and 3 surface ventilators closed and iron pipe ventilators
erected instead thereof, at a cost of £48. In addition,
£95 has been expended in the repairs of gullies and
sewers in various parts of the parish. In new roads, 2,612
feet lineal of new pipe sewers, 12 manholes, 9 surface
ventilators, 1 iron pipe ventilator, and 75 new gullies
have been constructed at the cost of the owners of adjoining
property. In one of the new roads (Venn Street)
the sewer was constructed by the Board for the owners at
a cost of £460.
In the Parish of Putney, 7 new gullies have been constructed
by the Board at a cost of £28 3s. 4d. ; one new
manhole has also been constructed at a cost of £17 16s. 4d.
and various alterations and repairs to sewers, manholes and
gullies, carried out at a cost of £40 6?. 9d. The gullies,
numbering 885, have been regularly cleansed, emptied,
and disinfected, and all sewers and manholes have been
regularly flushed.
In the Parish of Streatham, 11,506 feet of new sewers,
26 manholes, 35 ventilators, 4 side entrances, 6 lamp
holes, and 91 gullies, with about 1,604 feet of 6-inch pipe
drains thereto, have been constructed during the year,
and sewer junctions have been provided for 50 gullies, not
yet constructed, all under the supervision of the officers
of the Board.