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CLEANSING AND WATERING.
The Carriageways anil Footways of the principal streets
throughout the Uistrict are swept and cleansed daily, and the
other streets every alternate day. In had weather the whole of
the streets are cleansed daily, and the Commercial road and
Fast and West India Dock Roads twice each day.
During the season which commenced on the 1st March,
1891, and terminated on the 18th October, 1891, the streets were
watered by the contractors with water supplied by the Fast
London Water Works Company, the quantity of water used
during the season being 5,067,000 gallons.
PUBLIC URINALS.
A new slate urinal has been erected at Hermitage Stairs,
Wapping, containing two compartments.
The number of public urinals in the District is 26, contain-
ing 99 compartments.
The urinals arc flushed and cleansed three times every day
by men employed by the board, the water being supplied by
the Fast London Water Works company. During hot and dry
weather it is found necessary to have them flushed more
frequently.
The asphalte paving in the urinal at the junction of the
East and West India Dock Roads, has been repaired.
The urinal at the junction of the Fast and West India
Dock Roads, has been fitted with a constant flushing apparatus
LONDON HYDRAULIC POWER COMPANY.
I he works in connection with the laying of a new main
in St. George Street, Wapping, have been carried out in accor-