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The scavenging is done by men employed by the Board
and by hired horses and carts, the Board providing a
shoot for refuse.
In the parish of Streatham the collection and disposal
of the house refuse has been carried out by the contractor,
Mr. G. Neal, for the sum of £1,265.
The work of scavenging includes the emptying of the
road gullies and the scraping and sweeping of all the
parish roads, which is done by roadmen in the employ ot
the Board. The mud has been carted away and disposed
of by the contractors, Mr. D. Childs for Ward No. 1 at a
cost £195 and Mr. Gr. Neal for Wards Nos. 2 and 3 at a
cost of £900.
In the parish of Tooting the removal of dust and house
refuse has been carried out by Mr. II. J. Santer under a
yearly contract terminating on the 25th March. The
contract sum was £149.
The work of emptying the road gullies and road
sweeping is performed by men in the employ of the Board
and the carting away of the cleansings has been carried
out by Mr. H. J. Santer under a three years' contract
terminating 25th March, 1895, at a cost of £115.
In the parish of Wandsworth the collection and
removal of house refuse was carried out under contract
by Mr. W. Hudson. The amount of the contract was
£957, but Mr. Hudson having complained that he had
suffered considerable loss owing to the arrangements for
the removal of house refuse being altered by the Board
an additional sum of £250 was paid to him.