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SEWERS.
In the Parish of Clapham, 26 gullies have been
constructed, 6 surface ventilator gratings closed, and 6 iron
pipe ventilators erected on buiidings instead thereof, and
an iron obelisk ventilator has been erected on the footway
in Gauden Road. The total cost of the above works was
£176 10s. 11d. In addition, £76 7s. has been expended
in the repair of gullies and sewers. In new roads, 2,425
feet lineal of new pipe sewer, 11 manholes, 8 surface ventilators,
2 iron pipe ventilators on buildings, and 43 gullies
have been constructed at the cost of the owners of adjoining
property.
In the Parish of Putney, no sewers have been constructed
during the past year, but 13 new gullies have
been fixed (4 in Salvin Road and 9 in various parts of the
parish for the Electric Lighting Company), and 1 manhole
has been constructed in Weimar Street Various small
works and repairs to sewers and gullies have been executed
at a cost of £122 0s. 3d. The gullies, numbering 936,
have been regularly cleansed, emptied and disinfected;
and all sewers and manholes have been regularly flushed,
the quantity of water used being 361,000 gallons.
In the Parish of Streatham, 6,098 feet of new sewers,
26 manholes, 28 ventilators, 6 lamp holes, and 119 gullies,
with about 2,212 feet of 6-inch pipe drain thereto, have
been constructed during the year, all under the supervision
of the officers of the Board. In Alderbrook Road,
Cloudesdale Road, Westwell Road, and Zennor Road,
galvanized iron ventilating shafts have been erected against
the sides of houses in lieu of the existing ventilators in
the middle of the road, which in all cases have been entirely
done away with or closed. The London County