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Public Urinals.
In October last an arrangement was come to between
the Board and the Foundling Hospital by which the
Foundling Hospital granted the Board a piece of land in
the Colonnade, adjoining the "Friend in Hand" publichouse,
fur the purpose of erecting a new urinal in lieu of
the existing one. The new urinal accommodates 6 persons,
the fittings to the same being supplied and fixed by Mr.
G. Jennings, of Lambeth ; the total cost was £113.
The urinals at present in the District number 14, containing
51 compartments; 12 have water laid on to them, the
others are without water supply.
LIST OF PUBLIC URINALS in THE ST. GILES DISTRICT.
Bainbridge Street 5 compartments, fitted with water supply.
Colonnade 6 do. do. do.
Dunns Passage 5 do. do. do.
Galen Place 3 do. do. do.
Lascelles Court ..4 do. do. do.
Morwell Street 3 do. do. do.
Parker Street 3 do. do. do.
Seven Dials 6 do. do. do.
Shorts Gardens 6 do. do. do.
Southampton Mews 2 do. do. do.
Torrington Mews 1 do. do. do.
Whetstone Park 3 do. do. do.
Bernard Mews 3 do. not fitted with water supply.
Hunter Mews 1 do. do. do.
Public Lighting.
As occasion has arisen during the year new circular lamps
have been fixed in lieu of the old square lanterns; the total
number of the new lamps in the District at the present time,
each consuming 5 feet of gas per hour, is 916; and of the old
square pattern lamps, 153. There are also 64 lamps of
larger size at the corners of certain streets and on the