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I he Repairs and General Works during the past
yew include the repair and maintenance of Sewers, Drains,
and Gullies, and comprise items of the ordinary character.
Flushing and Cleansing has been carried out as
before, and t le Sewers, both covered and open, are in a fair
state of cleanliness. Complaints of stoppage, flooding, and
other defects have been promptly examined, and remedied as
far as possible, where the duty of doing so has been with the
Vestry.
1 he House Drainage has been somewhat more than
last year, from the circumstance of several new sewers
having been constructed. The applications for house drainage
are for 756 houses, upon which about £1340 has been
paid into the office. The estimated cost of private work
done by the applicants is £L 1,000, which has been executed
under the inspection and general supervision of the officers
of the Vestry.
New Buildings.—The Vestry have received notices
for building 39G new houses, the drainage of which, and the
level of the lowest floors in relation to the sewers have been
considered and approved as directed by the Act.
Twenty-eight applications, made to the Metropolitan
Board of Works, for leave to bring out and alter frontages,
have been referred to the Vestry, and reported upon by
them.
The approval of the Metropolitan Board has been given
for the formation of thirteen new streets.
The construction of the Main Low Level Sewer by the
Metropolitan Board of Works has provided the means of draining
a large district of this Parish, hitherto unprovided for, and
the opportunity has been taken at the earliest moment by the
Yestrv as the foregoing particulars show, in which, the Camberwell
New Road, South Lambeth and Wandsworth Road,
and adjacent streets arc mentioned as the places where works
are about to be done.