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The cost of this work was in the year 1886-7 nearly
£2,500, and as the price obtained by the Board for the refuse
is declining this cost must grow, but every effort is made,
without unduly increasing the expenditure, to keep the district
as clear from dust as possible.
The Board, therefore, again urgently request all householders
to see that the men are not refused the dust on calling,
and that any vegetable, animal, or other matter, which may
be burnt or otherwise destroyed, is not placed in the ashpits.
They would also call attention to the necessity of having
the ashbins periodically cleansed and limewashed, or limewhited.
It frequently happens that this most needful work
is absolutely overlooked and neglected, even when houses are
otherwise completely renovated.
Any complaints of the non-clearance of ashpits may be
made by letter to the Board, at their Offices, when attention
will be given to the same; but it is apparent that the Board
cannot collect the dust more frequently than at present
without incurring a much heavier outlay.
BAKEHOUSES.
These premises are periodically inspected by the Board's
Officers, pursuant to the provisions of the Factory and Workshops
Act, 1883, under which authority for such inspection is
given.
RATEABLE VALUE.
The Rateable Value of the District at the end of the
year 1886, as given by the Metropolitan Board of Works in
their apportionment of the sums required to be raised by that
Board in the several Parishes and Districts in the Metropolis,
for the year ending 31st December, 1887, was—
Lewisham £413,502
Penge 162,570
Total £606,072