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staff was increased to 37, consisting of 1 foreman, 5 gangers,
and 31 sweepers, and 26 boys, the total scavenging staff
now, therefore, amounts to 63 men and boys.
In addition to the manual labour, two sweeping machines,
drawn by horses, were also used in sweeping the carriageways.
The street sweepings were carted away by contract, and
amounted to a total of 6,164 van loads, equal to over 18,000
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. The cost of this washing
is included in the two items of cost for street cleansing and
street watering given hereafter
The market streets in the District and the streets
inhabited by the poorer classes, of which the following is
a list, were cleansed on Sundays between the hours of 6 and
10 a.m., those streets in the list marked with an asterisk
being cleansed a second time between 12 noon and 2.30
p.m. After the second cleansing the streets were watered
with a weak solution of permanganate of potash ;—
Abbey Place.
Arthur Street.
Bainbridge Street.
Castle Street.
Colonnade.
Kenton Street.
Little Coram Street and Courts
adjacent.
Little Guilford Street.
Marchmont 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.
*Lloyds Court.
*Lumber Court.
*Macklin Street.
Neal Street.
Newton Street.
*Parker Street.
*Phcenix Street.
*Queen Street.
*Seven Dials.
*Shelton Street.
*Shorts Gardens.
*Smarts Buildings.
Stacey Street.
*Tower Street.