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The sewer in Milk Yard, Shadwell, has been repaired.
One man-hole has been constructed in Thomas's Rents, Limehouse.
Two man-holes have been repaired in Bower Street, Ratcliff.
One new flushing box has been fixed.
Five new gullies have been constructed.
Fourteen new grates have been fixed to old gullies.
One hundred and twenty feet of new G in. pipe drains have been laid
for gullies.
Forty-one gullies have been repaired, altered, and trapped.
The following sewers have been cleansed by the Contractor of the
Board, viz.:—
433 feet of 24 in. brick sewers.
1,490 feet of 18 in. brick sewers.
60 feet of 12 in. pipe sewers.
120 feet of 9 in. pipe sewers.
19,910 feet of brick sewers, and 23,210 feet of pipe sewers have been
flushed by the men employed by the Board.
During the hot weather the water, &c., in the Limehouse Cut Dock has
been frequently deodorized with lime, and all the gullies iu the District with
chloride of zinc.
HOUSE DRAINAGE.
56 applications have been received for permission to construct new
drains to premises, and 18 applications have been received for cleansing old
drains. 102 houses (including 45 new ones) and other buildings, have been
connected with the sewers, and the following works executed in connection
therewith, viz.:—
553 feet of 9 in. pipe drains laid.
4,728 feet of 6 in ” ” ”
1,237 feet of 4 in. ” ” ”