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The urinal in Seven Dials, which had been in existence
since 1858, and was the first of its kind ever erected,
having become very much out of repair, has been re-constructed
and made good by Mr. G. Jennings, its original
builder, at a cost of £84 15s. It was opened to the
public on the 9th February, 1895.
The urinals at present in the District number 13, and
contain 52 compartments; water is laid on to the whole of
them.
LIST OF PUBLIC URINALS IN THE ST. GILES DISTRICT
Bainbridge Street 5 compartments.
Colonnade 6 do.
Dunns Passage 5 do.
Galen Place 3 do.
Lascelles Court 4 do.
Little Guilford Street 4 do.
Morwell Street 3 do.
Parker Street 3 do.
Seven Dials 6 do.
Shorts Gardens 6 do.
Southampton Mews 2 do.
Torrington Mews 1 do.
Whetstone Park 3 do.
The total quantity of water used at the above urinals
during the year was 2,793,000 gallons.
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 lamps in the District is 1,152, of which
918 are circular lanterns, 60 are square lanterns at the
junctions of streets, with the names of the streets attached,
11 are metered lamps on street-crossing refuges, and the
remainder are bracket lamps and lamps of the old square
pattern. The amount paid for gas, including the lighting