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REPORT
Of the Proceedings of the Vestry of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green,
from the 25th March, 1877, to 25th March, 1878.
SCAVENGING.
The Special Committee, consisting of the members of the Works
and Sanitary Committees, to which the subject of scavenging had
been referred, recommended that tenders should be invited for the
performance of the work for the year ending 10th August, 1878, and
that the Committee should be empowered to continue their enquiries
as to the best mode of executing scavenging work, with a view of
reporting fully on the subject.
Tenders were received on the 19th July, and
The tender of Mr. Crane for District No. 1, at £1560,
The tender of Mr. Irons for District No. 2, at £1599,
The tender of Mr. Irons for District No. 3, at £1680,
were accepted.
£4839
The Special Committee have further considered the subject referred
to them, especially with reference to the question whether the Vestry
should do the work by men in their own employ, and with their own
carts and horses, instead of contracting, and are about to report on
the matter.
SUNDAY STREET SCAVENGING.
The Vestry empowered the Sanitary Committee to hire carts, with
horses and men, for the purpose of clearing away the vegetable and
other refuse left in the streets on Sunday mornings by costermongers
and stall keepers. The Committee, after a fifteen weeks' experiment,