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I have watched carefully, this year, the effect of streets paved in the
poorer neighbourhoods, and I am quite convinced that the work of this
Department has advanced socially and morally the people living in these
Districts, I therefore think it is our duty, as the Sanitary Authority, to
carry on this work. There are still a great number of streets unpaved
more especially those which add to the insanitary condition of the Parish
such as mews, courts, alleys and passages. Our attention in the past has
mostly been directed to the main roads and the new streets proper, but
there is no reason why this Department should not remove the chief cause
of uncleanliness and unhealthiness from these narrow places and make
them equal (at least in respect of paving and scavenging) to streets of the
full width.
I remain,
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
W. SYKES.