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The above figures include a new 18-inch pipe sewer,
1,600 feet long, in Streatham High Road, from the
Pump House to Leigham Court Road, which has been
constructed by the Board at a cost of £1,111 8s. 3d.,
towards which the London Tramways Company have
contributed tho sum of £500.
A short length (166 feet) of a 12-inch pipe sewer has
been constructed by the Board in Trinity Road, at a cost
of £45 15s. 5d. In Rinaldo Street a sewer ventilator has
been erected at a cost to the Board of £11 7s. 3d.
The remainder of the above work has been done at the
cost of the several owners.
In connection with the Holmewood Estate, the only
outlet for the sewage was the sewer in Brixton Hill,
belonging to the Lambeth Vestry, who required payment
of the sum of £450 for the privilege of draining into such
sewer; of this sum the Board paid £400, and the owners
of the estate £50. A loan for £1,000 has been obtained
from the London County Council to provide for the
contribution of the Board and part of the cost of reconstructing
the sewer in Streatham High Road abovementioned.
All the sewers, gullies, manholes, &c.,have been cleansed,
flushed, and disinfected, and, where necessary, altered
and repaired, at a cost of £424 18s 9d. for cleansing, and
£243 0s. 10d for repairs.
The sum of £79 0s. 3d. has been expended in the maintenance
of the 3 public urinals. The pence received at
the underground convenience amounted to £13 3s. 6d.
In the Parish of Tooting, about 600 feet of new sewer