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On 23rd November the Council decided to apply to the
London County Council for a loan of £10,000, to pave some
40 streets with tarred slag macadam.
Sewer Ventilation.
During the year twenty-five ventilating shafts were
erected, three of which were erected by the London County
Council in connection with their sewers in Battersea
Park Road, Thurleigh Road, and York Road, and the
remaining twenty-two were erected by Borough Council to
ventilate their sewers situated as follows:—
Andoe Road Queens Road
High Street Ravenslea Road
Lombard Road (2 shafts)
Lavender Sweep Tennyson Street
Lithgow Street (3 shafts)
Longhedge Street Totteridge Road
New Road Usk Road
Poyntz Road Winstanley Road
Phcenix Wharf Lane Wycliffe Road
Prairie Street (2 shafts)
Power Street
In most of these streets surface ventilators in the roadway
were closed after the erection of the tall shafts. During the
hot weather many of the surface ventilators gave rise to
nuisance, and it is to be hoped that these openings may soon
give place to better methods of sewer ventilation.
Paving of Back-yards and Forecourts.
The following table shows the number of back-yards and
forecourts wholly or partly paved during 1904. It will be
seen that the work done in this connection was considerable,
especially in the Winstanley Ward, where owing to the energy
and tact of Inspector Purnell there has been a great improvement
in back-yard sanitation.