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been regularly cleansed, emptied, and disinfected, and
all sewers and manholes have been regularly and
frequently flushed.
In the Parish of Streatham 15,097 feet of new sewers,
37 manholes, 38 ventilators, and 80 gullies, with about
1,258 feet of G inch pipe drains thereto, have been
constructed during the year, and sewer junctions have
been provided for 72 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.
Twenty-four gullies, with 336 feet of 6 inch drains,
have been provided and fixed in various roads, and all
the sewers, gullies, manholes, &c., have been repaired,
altered, cleansed, flushed, and disinfected, at a cost of
£70 13s. 6d. for repairs and £356 2s. 6d. for cleansing.
The storm water sewer in Mitcham Lane, referred to
in last year's report, has been completed.
The sum of £95 0s. 3d. has been expended in the
maintenance of the public urinals at Bedford Hill and
Streatham Hill, and the underground convenience near
Streatham Church. The pennies collected at the
underground convenience during the year amounted to
£11 8s. l1d.
In the Parish of Tooting 4 gullies and 280 feet of
new 9 inch pipe sewer have been constructed.
In the Parish of Wandsworth the total length of
new sewers constructed during the past year was about
180 feet lineal of 3 feet by 2 feet brick culvert, 652 feet
of 18 inch pipe, 430 feet of 15 inch pipe, 3,856 feet of
12-inch pipe, and 30 feet of 9 inch pipe. Ten manholes
and ventilators have been constructed in various parts