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36 feet of new 6-in. pipe drain have been constructed to the
Urinal in Church Court, Wapping.
The brick dummy at the corner of Nightingale Lane and Oak
Lane, Limehouse, has been repaired, and a new brick dummy has
been built in High Street, Wapping, to prevent nuisances.
The brickwork of the Urinals in the District has been
limewhited.
CLEANSING AND WATERING.
The Carriageways and Footways of the principal streets throughout
the District are swept and cleansed each day, and the other
streets every alternate day. In bad weather the whole of the
streets are cleansed daily, and the Commercial Road and the East
and West India Dock Roads twice a day, if necessary.
During the season which commenced on the 1st March, 1887,
and terminated on the 18th October, 1887, the streets were watered
bv the Contractors, the water being supplied by the East London
Water Works Company. The quantity of water used during the
season was 6,777,000 gallons.
During the hot and dry weather the Courts and Alleys
throughout the District have been flushed with water.
GENERAL WORKS.
The Commercial Gas Company have widened the bridge
crossing Now Crane, Shadwell, as sanctioned by the Board.
The London and St. Katharine Docks Company have erected a
bridge across Nightingale Lane, Wapping, in accordance with plans,
&c,, approved by the Hoard.
Street posts have been fixed in Horseferry Branch Road and
Glasshouse Fields, Ratcliff, in order to protect the paving.
The Courts and Alleys throughout the District have been
limewhited.
Three new trees have been planted in Burdett Road in place of
those which have died, and the whole of the trees have been retied.
WORKS CARRIED OUT BY GAS AND
WATER COMPANIES.
The East London Water Works Company have substituted a
6-in. main in Bower Street, Ratcliff, in place of a 4-in. main.