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SEWERS.
In the Parish of CLAPHAM 1 manhole shaft, a surface
ventilator, and 10 new gullies have been constructed;
5 surface ventilators have been closed and iron pipe
ventilators erected instead thereof, 852 feet of new pipe
sewers, 4 manholes, and 37 new gullies have been constructed
in new roads at the cost of the owners of
adjoining property.
In the Parish of PUTNEY 630 feet of new 12 pipe
sewers with 4 manholes and 10 gullies in connection
therewith, have been constructed in new roads by the
owners of the property there, under the superintendence
of the Board. The sewer at Laborers Cottages, Putney
Lower Common, was taken up and relaid by the Board's
own men, and an inspection pit built at a cost of
£12 19s. 1d. Two drains with catchpits have been constructed
to convey the water away from Kingston Road,
near the Kingsmere Pond, at a cost of £28 11s. 5d. The
culvert under Portsmouth Road, near the Scio Pond,
having fallen in, was rebuilt at a cost of £20 0s. 9d. Nineteen
new gullies have been constructed by the Board at a
cost of £111 0s. 11d., and various alterations to
manholes, gullies, and sewers carried out at a cost of
£31 5s. 6d. The gullies, numbering 813, have been
regularly cleansed, emptied, and disinfected, and all
sewers and manholes have been regularly and frequently
flushed.
In the Parish of STREATHAM 7971 feet of new
sewers, 18 manholes, 15 ventilators, and 10 gullies, with
about 300 feet of 6 pipe drains thereto, have been constructed
during the year, and sewer junctions have been
provided for 82 gullies not yet constructed, all under the
supervision of the officers of the Board, at the cost of
the owners of the estates, or others, where new roads have
been laid out; the cost is estimated at £2200. One of