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therefrom, to periodically cleanse and flush them
with water. The deposits which cannot be flushed
away are removed from the sewers and carted away,
such deposits so removed during the year amounting
to 178 cubic yards.
In order to improve the sanitary condition of
the small brick and pipe sewers, water for the
purpose of flushing has been used as often as
required.
The workmen in the employ of the Vestry have
removed from the catchpits of gulleys two thousand
two hundred and fifty-nine cubic yards of deposit
washed into the pits from roadways during rainfall,
the number of removals therefrom being 26,569.
The frequent removals of deposits from catchpits
considerably benefit the condition of the sewers, by
reducing to a minimum the quantity of slop and
other detritus from the roads entering the sewers.
The nine public urinals in the Parish are
attended to by the Vestry's workmen, who efficiently
cleanse and deodorize the interiors of such urinals.
The following additional improvements to sewers
and street gulleys have been carried out, viz. :—
The construction of two side entrances to sewers