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bridge was supplied by Messrs. Poolley and Son, at a cost
of £66 15s., exclusive of foundations, masonry, &c„ which
was executed by the Boards own workmen.
Your Board had under consideration the removal of any
obstructions in the public ways in the District, which would
prevent the passage of fire escapes in the event of fire, and
there being but two places in the District where such
existed, had them removed, the lamp columns in Denmark
Place being taken away and bracket lamp substituted, and
hinged fall-down posts placed in lieu of the fixed iron guard
posts in Twyford Buildings.
In connection with the new Disinfecting Apparatus,
referred to in my Report of 1892-3, the old iron trucks for
the collection and return of goods to be disinfected becoming
worn out, three new wood trucks have been purchased at a
cost of £21 each.
The premises in Bernard Mews which consisted entirely
of stable buildings, having been pulled down for the
purposes of rebuilding, a proposal was received from the
Secretary of the Foundling Hospital, on whose estate the
Mews stand, for a re-arrangement of the frontage lines,
which, were very irregular, and after some consideration your
Board agreed to the proposition, and new lines of frontage
were arranged, by which the Foundling Hospital threw into
the public way, about 1600 feet superficial, taking in exchange
about 176 feet superficial.
The old stables in Brunswick Mews also being pulled down,
and new premises erected, the sites of certain premises which
stood at the north and south ends of the mews containing
a superficial area of about 88 yards, were thrown into
the public way—but the Board has accepted no liability