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Following, again, the method adopted in former years, it
appears that during the whole period the applications, amounting to
36,867, were equal to 136.1 per cent. of the total number of the
inhabited houses in the parish, viz., 27,079.* In the first quarter
there were 11,594, equal to 42.8 per cent.; in the second 6,881, or
25.4 per cent.; in the third 6,309, or 23.2 per cent.; and in the
fourth 12,083, or 44.6 per cent. The two mean quarters together
were 13,190, or 48.7 per cent., and the two extreme quarters
23,677, or 87.4 per cent.
In contrasting the work of the different contractors, we may
also point out that Mr. Edward Jackson, who dusted Ward 1 with
4,844 houses, had 8,174 applications, or 168.7 Per cent. against 95.4
per cent. in the previous year. Mr. W. T. Williamson, with Wards
2 and 4, containing 6,665 houses, had 9,239 applications, or 153.6
per cent. against 79.5 per cent. in the previous year, when he dusted
Ward 4 only. Mr. John Williamson, Jun., with Wards 3 and 5,
containing 6,810 houses, had 10,242 applications or 150.3 per cent.,
the smaller Ward, No. 5, actually showing, when taken alone, the
enormous percentage of 212.7. Mr. J. Rendell, with Ward 7,
containing 3,320 houses, had 3,766 applications, or 113.4 Per cent.
In Ward 6, with 1,997 houses, there were 2,556 applications, or
127.9 per cent., Mr. J. Rendell, the Contractor, being answerable for
the first six months, with 1,698 applications, or 85.0 per cent., being
equal to 170.0 for the year; and the Vestry for the last six months,
with 858 applications, or 42.9 per cent., being equal to 85.8 for the
year. In Ward 8, again both last and least, containing 3,443 houses,
there were 2,890 applications, or 83.8 per cent., the Contractor, Mr.
Wm. Winn, being answerable for the first half-year, with 1,728
applications, or 50.1 per cent., being equal to 100.2 per cent. for the
year; and the Vestry for the last half-year, with 1,162 applications,
or 33.7 per cent., being equal to 67.4 for the year—a lower percentage
by far than any appertaining to the work carried out by the
Contractors during this period, although it compares unfavourably
with the 21.1 per cent. of Messrs. J. and A. Stroud when they last
dusted this same Ward (No. 8) in 1873-4.
* Vide Note to Table under review.