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street in the Parish, once weekly. By this arrangement,
householders were enabled to have the dust
removed on the regular day, especially if they placed
the D card in their windows Altering the men's
system of doing their work, as might be expected, was
at first resisted by them, they objecting to any alteration.
Consequently a partial strike was the result, but this
difficulty having been overcome, and the new arrangement
of working insisted upon, it is now found by experienced
answer with advantage, although occasional
complaints are made, which upon investigation, are
often found to be very trivial.
For a time, instructions were given to the men to
call at all houses on their rounds. This arrangement
however, had in a great measure to be discontinued as
in some cases it was appreciated, but the majority
considered it a great nuisance, remarking that when
they required their dust removing, they would call the
men.
Referring to the working expenses of this Department
for the second year, ending Lady-day 1878,
advantageous results have been obtained in consequence
of the Dust shoot being within the Parish. It will be
seen by the accompanying statement that the work has
been executed for £1,709 14s. 11d. less than the first
year when the dust was taken to "Wood Lane ; notwithstanding,
62 more loads have been collected, and
this amount would have been increased by £375 7s. Od,
more if it had been possible at March 1877 to have