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Included in the total weight is 48 tons 17 cwt. 2 qrs., and 70 cubic yards, of trade refuse
delivered and paid for by the various tradesmen for which the Vestry has fixed the following
charges:—
One horse cart load 5s.
t
Half cart load, or any less quantity 2s. 6d.
If delivered at the wharf in the tradesmen's own carts, 3s. per ton, with a minimum
charge of 1s.
During the past year 258 pails have been repaired at a cost of £9 13s. Gd., and 250
new ones supplied by Mr. Philip Round, of Lye, near Stourbridge, at a cost of €27 1s. 8d.
The original pails supplied to the householders are now fast becoming completely worn out,
therefore, in future, the renewals will be considerably in excess of what they have been until
we have cleared out the whole of the wornout ones.
Flooding.
Owing to the overflow of the river Thames on the 29th November, 145 houses and premises
and adjoining roads in the vicinity of the river were flooded, caused by the defective
condition of the Floods Prevention Works of the wharves and premises along the riverside.
The whole of the streets were cleared the same evening, and the Vestry employees assisted
the occupiers in clearing the basements and houses. Premises in the following streets were
flooded:—
St. Marychurch Street
4
Elephant Lane
7
Rotherhithe Wall
4
Beatson Street
2
Rotherhithe Street
77
Dock Passage
1
Silver Street
13
Cow Lane
8
Faustin Place
29
145