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The Sand or Catch Pits constructed beneath the
grates of the Street Gulleys have been emptied and
cleansed, and the deposits removed therefrom at the
rate of 43 galleys per day; making an aggregate of
13,342 removals during the year.
Five hundred and seventy-one distinct Works
relative to the repair of Sewers and Gulleys, laying
pipe drains, fixing traps, &c., have been executed at a
cost of £2091:0:5. This amount includes the sum
of £630:12:8 received from various parties for
fixing traps at outlets of drains, constructing gulleys in
new Streets, laying new drain pipes under Footways
and Roadways in connection with House drains, and
for examining drains as to cause of stoppage in
them, and their want of traps.
In addition to the above-mentioned Works, one
hundred and seventy-eight subjects of Complaint have
been received and entered in a Book kept for that
purpose, with reference to stoppages in Gulleys and
Drains. In most instances the drains were relieved
and the cause of complaint removed.
Ninety-nine examinations have been made, at a
cost to the Applicants of £ 19:16:0.
Re-naming Streets and Re-numbering Houses.
The under-mentioned Orders of the Metropolitan
Board of Works have been carried out in accordance
with the 87th Section of the Act of 1862.