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The Vestry employ for this work 70 scavengers, 41 horses and carts,
4 sweeping machines, 4 road scrapers, 12 orderly hand.carts, and 5
sanding machines.
The Public Health (London) Act, 1891, has thrown on the Local
Authorities the responsibility for cleansing the footpaths, which has
necessitated an increase in the number of scavengers employed.
Great inconvenience is caused by the practice of the large bus companies
changing horses in the public streets, and it is very unfavorable to cleanliness.
I have seen as many as eight pairs of horses at a time about Jerdan
Place, either just taken out of busses or waiting to be attached.

Attending on Steam Roller:—Vestry's Horses, 1892, 271 whole days.
SNOW
fell on the dates mentioned below, and the cost of removing it was as
follows:—
Date.
Extra
men employed.
Amount paid.
Vestry's
men.
Amount paid.
Loads
remov'd
Cost of
Cartage,
Scrapers, &c.
Total Cost.
1892.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Feb. 18th
449
96
6
3
135
33
14
9
328
39
18
0
169
19
0
„ 26th
338
74
10
9
90
22
9
10
290
28
0
6
125
1
1
Mar. 4th
151
37
3
3
45
11
4
11
60
7
2
6
55
10
8
„ 11th
605
123
16
3
107
28
5
11
170
23
15
0
175
17
2
Totals
1543
331
16
6
377
95
15
5
848
98
16
0
526
7
11
The extra men were paid at the rate of 6d. per hour.
The Vestry of the Parish has maintained its reputation for the rapidity
with which the falls of snow are dealt with. The horse scrapers and
sweeping machines are turned out immediately a fall commences, and by