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The number of tanks that will be constructed during the
present year has not yet been decided. The following disinfectants
were used in Hushing gullies, disinfecting dust bins, urinals,
&c.
Permanganate of Potash 8 cwts.
Sanitas Powder 7 tons.
Jeyes' Perfect Purifier 128 gallons.
Carbolic Acid 30 „
Carbolic Powder 1 ton.
Cost, about £169.
With regard to the Forest Hill Brewery Company discharging
hot washings of barrels, &c., into the Perry Vale Sewer, a large
tank has been constructed in order to collect and cool them, and
there is every reason to believe it will prove successful. One of
the most important matters connected with Sewerage was the
completion of the 3ft. 9in. by 2ft. 4in. egg-shaped sewer along
the Bromley Road, and also the completion of the drainage of the
Priory Estate. All the cesspools are now destroyed and the
houses drained into the sewer. I need hardly say this is a good
thing done, remembering the opposition that was offered and the
difficulties that had to be overcome before it could be accomplished.
The flushere have also been engaged in tracing and finding
the position of stoppages in drains prior to serving notices, in a
large number of cases.
The sewers vested in the Board have been periodically inspected,
cleansed, and Hushed during the year; and I can say
with confidence they never were in such a good condition as they
are at the present time. Although this work is unseen, it is of
the first importance, and deserves the first consideration.
RECREATION GROUNDS, &c., &c.
The Churchyard of St. Mary's, Lewisham, was taken over
and will be henceforth maintained by the Board. Its area is
about two acres, and it is very much used.
Two of the open spaces along the Bromley Road, at Rushey
Green, were levelled and returfed, and a few shrubs planted. The
work will be extended this year. What has been done is a great
improvement, and 1 believe fully appreciated by the public.
The "Crooked Billet" enclosure at Penge, was remodelled,
a light iron railing erected in place of the oak fence, the shrubs