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execution, and that the regulations of the Vestry are conformed
to. The number of applications during the year were
489, the number of houses drained with the sanction and
under the control of the Vestry was 1,414. The amount paid
into the office for openings into Sewers was £1,648 13s. 5d.; and
the estimated cost of the private works in connection with these
applications is £12,300.
New Buildings.—There have been 26 notices given to the
Vestry for building 87 new houses in the Parish, and in case of
new ground being laid out, the proprietors have borne the whole,
or greater part of the cost of making proper Sewers and
surface Drainage. Mr. Stone, Barrington Crescent, paid
£150; Mr. Abbott, White's Lane, paid £130 for Drainage of
Estate ; Mr. West, for Drainage, Carroon Road, paid £60.
Applications made to the Metropolitan Board of Works, for
leave to erect shops in front of houses, are communicated to the
Vestry for the purpose of enabling them to make any suggestion
they may think fit, previous to the application being decided by
the Metropolitan Board. In considering these applications, the
intention of the Legislature to prevent the disfigurement of
street fronts has always been kept in mind; but cases where no
harm would ensue, have been favorably recommended to the
Metropolitan Board, who have, in most cases, adopted the
recommendation. The number of these during the last year
was 36.
SANITARY MATTERS.
Between March 25th, 1857, and March 25th, 1858, there were
2,687 cases of Nuisance brought under the notice of the General
Purposes Committee, by the Medical Officer and Inspectors.
Of these, 1,495 cases referred to the state of 1,650 dwelling
houses, rendered unwholesome by reason of their filthy and dilapidated
condition, or of their foul cesspools, or of their defective