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"cleansed by the Council) so far as such grating or gulley
"belongs to or is under the control of the Council should "as
"from the passing of the Act be transferred to the Vestry of the
"parish or the Board of Works for the District within which the
" same is situate."
In October, 1894, a letter was received from the Council
stating that although the duty of cleansing devolved upon the
Local Authorities as from the passing of the Act. the Council in
order to give time for the necessary arrangement to be made
for the purpose would continue the cleansing until the end of
the year, and asking that the Board would in the meantime
arrange to undertake the performance of the duty as from the
1st January, 1895.
The number of gulleys in the District, affected by thr
enactment is as follows:—
Ratcliff 34
Shadwell 26
Wapping 18
Total 78
Since the beginning of this year the work has been carried
out by the Hoard.
THAMES COMMUNICATIONS.
In April, 1894, the Board passed a resolution to the following
effect:—
"That the London County Council be informed that, having
"heard that large sums have been and arc proposed to be
"expended on the bridges above London Bridge, the Boards
"regrets that in the Council's General Powers Hill no provision
" is made for the formation of additional means of communication