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The quantity used at the underground lavatories was
3,452,000 gallons.
Public Lighting.
The following are the number of lamps within the
District.
Lamp-posts with well lanterns 695
Ditto with square lanterns 200
Large lamps on street-crossing refuges and over
underground conveniences 40
Bracket lamps with well lanterns 147
Ditto with old square lanterns 100
Total 1,182
The amount paid for gas, including the lighting and
extinguishing, cleansing and maintenance of the lanterns,
was £4,155 10s. 8d.
Hydraulic Power Mains.
Cast-iron pipes for the supply of hydraulic pressure have
been laid during the year in the following streets in the
District, permission to do so having been first obtained
from the Board:—
Bloomsbury Street.
Bedford Square.
Gower Street
Keppel Street.
Keppel Mews North.
Little Turrington Street.
Torrington Mews.
Kemble Street.
Sardinia Street.
Tottenham Court Road.
Hyde Street.
Southampton Row.
Street Refuges.
The street crossing refuge at the west end of Guilford
Street was at the request of the Police, altered in
shape and placed a few yards lower down the street.
An additional refuge on which is placed the men's
entrance to the new underground lavatory, has been
formed in High Holborn, opposite the Royal Music Hall.