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SUMMER FLUSHING OF COURTS.
During the summer months all the courts and narrow passages throughout
the City were regularly flushed under the direction of the City Engineer, who
informs me that in this service and the washing of the main streets last year
no less than 60,730,990 gallons of water were used. Disinfectants were
also freely applied where necessary.
Special attention was given to the condition of the approaches to Billingsgate
Market and the Custom House. There has always been a difficulty in
keeping the thoroughfares in the neighbourhood of these places free from the
nuisance caused by the drippings from the fish carts, especially in hot weather,
when it has been found necessary to treat the roadways freely with
disinfectants three times a day.
The following is a list of the places that were flushed, so arranged as to
show the number of times they were washed down weekly:—
Flushed Six times a week.
Cavendish Court
Cobb's Court
Church Row (Fenchurch Street)
Church Row (Houndsditch)
Aldgate Avenue
Back Court (Cloth Fair)
Back Passage (Cloth Fair)
Botolph Lane
Church Entry
Cloth Street
Cotton Passage
Cotton Street
Dolphin Court
Botolph Alley
Church Passage (Eastcheap)
Abchurch Lane
Acorn Street (part)
Bolt Court
Cherry Tree Court
Clarke's Place
Crane Court
Cross Lane
Crown Court (Chancery Lane)
Crown Court (Fleet Street)
French Ordinary Court
Harrow Alley
Huggin Lane
Flushed Five times a week.
East Passage
Fish Street Hill
George Lane
Hare Court
Harp Lane
King's Head Court
Lauderdale Buildings
Love Lane
Montague Court
Flushed Four times a week.
Gun Yard
Flushed Three times a week.
Crown Place (part)
Friars Alley
George and Catherine Wheel
Alley
Hanging Sword Alley
Hind Court
Idol Lane
Johnson's Court (part)
Monument Square
Lower Thames Street
Viaduct Steps
Playhouse Yard
Pudding Lane
Red Lion Passage
St. Dunstan's Hill
St. Mary-at-Hill
Shaftesbury Place
Sun Passage, Cloth Fair
Turpin's Passage
Waterman's Steps
White Hart Court
Monument Street
Poppin's Court
Primrose Street (corner)
Red Lion Court
Sweedland Court
Urinal (Whitefriars Street)
Water Lane
Wine Office Court