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The street orderly staff therefore now consists of 50
men, and comprise 2 foremen, 4 gangers, and 44 sweepers.
In addition to the manual labour employed, two sweeping
machines, drawn by horses, were used in sweeping the
carriage ways.
The street sweepings carried away during the year
amounted to a total of 6,329 van-loads, equal to about
19,000 cubic yards.
The surfaces of the following public-ways were
flushed twice weekly during the summer months; the
quantity of water used amounted to 5,627,970 gallons :—
*Bernard Mews.
*Bloomsbury Court.
*Castle Street.
Clarke's Buildings.
Denmark Place.
*Dunn's Passage.
*Drury Lane.
*Eagle Street.
*Galen Place.
#Gate Street.
*George Yard.
Great Queen Street Arches.
*Green Dragon Yard.
* Great Turnstile.
*HaH's Yard.
Holborn Place.
*Hunter Mews.
*Kennedy Court.
Lascelles Court.
Lascelles Place.
Lawrence Street.
Little Turnstile.
*Little Earl Street.
Little Denmark Street.
* Lloyd's Court.
*Little Wild Street.
*Lumber Court.
Maynard Street.
*Middle Yard.
*Monarch Yard.
*Montague Mews.
*Neal's Yard.
New Turnstile
*New Yard.
Nottingham Court.
* Park er Street.
Phoenix Street.
Queen's Head Yard.
*Sardinia Place.
Sardinia Street arches.
*Shelton Street.
*Southampton Mews.
*Stacey Street.
Tichborne Court.
*Tower Street.
Twyford Buildings.
Vine Street.
*Wild Court.
The streets in the above list marked with an asterisk were Bushed the whole
year round.
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