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APPENDIX No. 3.
To the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you my Seventeenth
Annual Report of the various works that have been executed
under my department, also a statement showing the actual cost
incurred in connection therewith, together with a brief statement
of the general business transacted during the year terminating
at Lady-Day, 1890.
NEW SEWERS.
New sewers.
During the past year 5,947 feet lineal of New pipe
Sewers have been constructed in various parts of the
Parish at a cost of £2,903 : 6 : 6.
With the exception of about 1,292 feet lineal of pipe
Sewers constructed at the expense of the Vestry in Sheepcote
Lane and Henning Street, these works were carried out at the
expense of owners of Property either by payment of the cost to
the Vestry, or by the construction of the Sewers by the
respective owners under my supervision.
SEWER CLEANSING AND REPAIRS.
Sewer Cleansing and Repairs, existing Sewers.
The sum of £668 : 8 : 7 has been expended during
the year in the cleansing and repairing of the
This work, and the Flushing of the various Sewers has
been carried out by the jobbing Works Contractor and the six
Flushers employed by the Vestry.
The Gullies, of which there are at present about 3,994, have
been regularly emptied, cleansed and thoroughly disinfected as
frequently as required.