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One hundred and fifty-five subjects of complaints
have been received, referring to stoppages in house and
gulley drains and other matters, which received prompt
attention. The drains were invariably relieved from
stoppage, and left in working condition.
To maintain the sewers in good sanitary condition,
they have been flushed with water as often as considered
necessary, and with beneficial results.
The work of cleansing the sewers, gulley drains,
and catch-pits, is still done by workmen in the employ
of the Vestry. During the year 150 loads of heavy
deposits which impeded the flow of the sewage matter
have been raised to the surface of the roads and carted
away. The deposits in catch-pits of the street gulleys
have been removed, and 28,603 removals were effected,
being at the rate of about 92 gulleys per day, thereby
allowing the rain-fall to flow freely away to the sewers.
The seven Public Urinals, with dribbling water
apparatus attached thereto, were kept in a state of
cleanliness and efficiency by a workman specially
employed by the Vestry for that purpose.
The following further improvements in the
sewers and street gulleys have been carried out, namely
—the construction of 15 side entrances and 3 air
openings; also the construction and re-construction of
78 gulleys, and the repair of 52 others.