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Street Cleansing,
The cleansing of the public ways was performed by a staff
of men employed by the Board, consisting of 1 foreman, 3
gangers, and 31 sweepers. Two sweeping machines, drawn
by horses were also used in sweeping the carriage-ways.
The street sweepings were carted away by contract, and
amounted to a total of 6,348 van loads, equal to over 20,000
cubic yards.
The carriage-ways of the main thoroughfares that are paved
with wood and asphalte were washed frequently during the
year by means of watering-carts and the machine brooms,
the cost of which washing is included in the two items of
cost for street cleansing and street watering given hereafter.
The following streets being market streets, and streets
inhabited by the poorer classes, were cleansed on Sundays
between the hours of 6 and 10 a.m., those streets in the
list which are printed in Italics being cleansed a second time,
between 12 noon and 2.30 p.m. After the second cleansing
the streets were watered with permanganate of potash and
water:—
Abbey Place.
Arthur Street.
Bainbridge Street.
Castle Street.
Colonnade.
Kenton Street.
Little Coram Street and Courts adjacent.
Little Guilford Street.
Marchmont Street.
Arthur Street.
Castle Street.
Church Passage.
Drury Lane.
Dyott Street.
Goldsmith Street.
Great Earl Street.
Great Wild Street.
Little Earl Street.
Little White Lion Street.
Little Wild Street.
Lloyd's Court.
Lumber Court.
Macklin Street.
Neal Street.
Newton Street.
Parker Street.
Phoenix Street.
Queen Street.
Seven Dials.
Shelton Street.
Short's Gardens.
Smart's Buildings.
Stacey Street.
Tower Street.