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MACADAM ROADS.
The roadways of Stainsby Road and Pigott Street, Limehouse,
and of Spring Garden Place and Palmer Street, Rat cliff have been
coated with broken granite and rolled with the steam roller.
LIGHTING.
The number of Public Lamps in the District is 802, being a
decrease of 2 on the number reported at Lady-day, 1881.
The Commercial Gas Company have made a reduction, as from
the 31st December last, in the price of Gas, viz.:—From £4 3s. to
£3 19s. 6d. per Lamp.
Wire Guards have been fixed to certain lamps to prevent the
same being broken, viz., Waterhouse Alley, Broad Bridge, Bell
Wharf Hill, and Milk Yard, Shad well; Cinnamon Street, Brewhouse
Lane, Wapping Dock Stairs, Wapping New Stairs, Upper Well
Alley, and Black Jack Alley, Wapping.
PUBLIC URINALS.
The Urinal in Regent Street, Ratcliff, has been enlarged by the
addition of two compartments and a new entrance.
The number of Urinals in the District is 22.
The Urinals are flushed and cleansed with water supplied by
the Water Company, by men employed by the Board.
CLEANSING AND WATERING.
The principal streets are cleansed daily, and the others every
second day, but in bad weather the whole are cleansed during each
day.
The streets during the season have been watered by the Contractors
with water supplied by the Water Company.