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Removal of Dust.
The dust and ashes were removed from the houses in the
District by contract, the contractor providing ail necessary
carts, horses, and men, and performing the whole work at a
cost of £2,960 8s. 4d.
The disinfection of the dust-bins in the District with
carbolic acid powder, after their contents had been removed
by the contractor's dustmen, was continued during the year,
the cost of the disinfectant being £9.
New Dust Vans.
Complaints had frequently been made to the Board, of
dust and rubbish being blown from the tops of the dustcarts,
which were uncovered, on to the public way, and
negotiations were entered into with the Board's contractor
with the view to his substituting new covered dust-vans in
place of the old-fashioned uncovered carts. After some
correspondence, the contractor, Mr. Cookson, offered to
provide new dust vans, with light iron covers of a pattern to
lie approved by your Board, at his own expense, if the