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Pillar Letter Boxes.
At the request of the Post Office Authorities, the Board has during
the year, granted permission for the erection of Pillar Boxes upon the
public path at the following places:—
Brook Green—Removal to opposite corner.
Corner of Shepherd's Bush Road, and Goldhawk Road.
Poplar Grove.
Paving of New Streets.
Under the provisions of the 18 & 19, Victoria cap. 120, 25 & 26,
Vic., cap. 102, the Board has during the year taken to the following
"New Streets."
HAMMERSMITH. EULHAM.
Starch Green Road Clialdon Road
Elorence Gardens Aspenlea Road
Aldensley Road Effie Road
Grove Mews Eelbrook Gardens
Rivercourt Road
Hetley Road.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
The Board in June 1883, re-appointed Mr. R H. Davies as Public
Analyst for this District, and a Summary of the various articles of
food submitted to him for analysis, with the result of the examination
will be found annexed (see Appendix No. 68.)
Cartage Scheme.
The work of slopping and watering the roads, general cartage, and
removal of dust, ashes, and domestic refuse, has been carried out
during the past year under the direction of the Cartage Committee.
The question of the disposal of the materials collected, is becoming
more difficult yeary by year, in Hammersmith; at present, the "shoot"
is upon the borders of Acton Parish, and the only "shoot" available
in Eulham is at Wandsworth Bridge Road, near the River.
The time is rapidly approaching when the Board must of necessity
provide wharf premises, where the dust and domestic refuse and slop
can be dealt with, or forthwith removed by barge.
In July, 1883, it was deemed necessary that every possible precaution
should be taken against the possible outbreak of epidemic disease,
and it was ordered that there should be an immediate thorough removal
of every sort of house refuse, and the Board further ordered
that the dust and house refuse should be removed from the houses
and premises in the district once in every week, for a period of about
four months, and that each dust bin or ash pit be deodorised after the
removal of the contents.
The number of loads of dust removed, and the horses employed
during the year was:—