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VENTILATION OF SEWERS
In consequence of the many complaints of the escape of effluvia
arising from the ventilating grates and gullies of the main sewers in
might be given for the deodorisation of the sewage at that point in
addition to the same process which was being applied to the other
main lines of sewers in the District, so as to prevent the discharge of
offensive and noxious gases therefrom. The Metropolitan Board
complied with this request, the result of the deodorising operations
being very satisfactory.
COAL AND WINE DUES.
Representations having been made to the Board from several
Districts in the Metropolis as king the Board to consider the question
of continuing the Coal and Wine Dues at proposed by the
Metropolitan Board of Works and the corporation of the City of
London, resolutions were pasted in support thereof Delegates were
appointed to attend a conference upon the subject the offices of
the Whitechapel District Board, and a petition was presented to the
House of Commons in favour of the Coal and Wine Dues
Continuance Bill.
DR. BARNARDO'S HOMES, STEPNEY CAUSEWAY.
Application was made on behalf of Dr. Barnardo for permission
to form a Subway under Stepney Causeway from the Boys Home on
the west side of that street to the new Infirmary on the cast side.
The Board granted the application upon certain conditions of repair
and removal when required, and upon payment of a nominal rent
of £1 per annum for the user of the Subway, a deed to be executed
embodying such conditions.
The Board was also requested to make certain alterations in the
width of that portion of the roadway opposite Dr. Barnardo's
Homes so as to prevent the frequent blocking of the street which is
very inconvenient, not only to persons visiting the Homes but to the
public generally ; also to pave the widened portion of the roadway
with asphalte in lieu of the present pitching. The Board consented
to execute the works at the expense of Dr. Barnardo.
STOPPACE OP SHOULDER OF MUTTON ALLEY,
Notice was given to the Board by Mr. Frederick Machin, of
Broad Street, Ratcliff, of his desire to stop up a certain disused
passage or highway situate in the Hamlet of Ratcliff, between
Butcher Row and the Orchard, formerly known as Shoulder of