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PUBLIC URINALS.
A now slate urinal has been erected at the south end of Lowell
Street, Limehouse, under the railway bridge, with 3 compartments.
The number of public urinals in the District is 25,
containing 97 compartments.
The urinals are flushed and cleansed three times every dav by
men employed by the Board, the Water being supplied by the East
London Water Works Company. During hot and dry weather it
is found necessary to have them flushed more frequently.
A new slate scrcen has been fixed in the urinal in London
Street
In consequence of numerous complaints of the offensive state
of the urinal at the junction of the East and West India Dock
Roads, a patent automatic flushing apparatus haa been fixed.
MORTUARY.
The question of the general condition of the Board s Mortuary
in Little John Street, RatclifT, having been brought under the
Notice of the Board, the matter was referred to the Works Committee
for consideration.
The Committee, having viewed the Mortuary, made certain
recommendations, and the necessary works have been carried out.
BOARD'S OFFICES.
Most of the rooms required repairs and decoration, nothing
having been done to them for over 12 years. The Board ordered
certain of the rooms to be decorated, which work was carried out
satisfactorily by the contractors.
IMPROVEMENTS.
THREE COLT STREET.
On the 16th June at a Special Meeting called pursuant to
requisition a petition was presented signed by 150 residents in