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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
which the .applicants could not remove, or from bad
smells in consequence of untrapped outlets and other
causes. These complaints have received attention, and
prompt action taken in order to mitigate or remove the
cause of the complaint where practicable.
During the year one hundred and forty-three
examinations have been made from the large brick
sewers by the Vestry's workmen, at the expense of
persons requiring such examinations to be made, and
principally rendered necessary by the foregoing complaints.
All brick and pipe sewers requiring flushing with
water in order to keep them in sanitary condition,
especially during the summer months, have received
the usual attention and with beneficial results.
One hundred and forty-two cubic yards of deposits
composed of pulverized materials from the public
roads, which finds its way into the sewers from street
gulleys in very wet weather, has been removed and
carted away by the Vestry's workmen.
Eighteen hundred and seventeen cubic yards of
slop have been removed from the catchpits of street
gulleys, and which but for such removals would have
added to the quantity in the sewers, and consequently
been detrimental to the free flow of the sewag. The
total number of removals amount to 33,211.
Workmen in the employ of the Vestry daily disinfect
and flush with water, and occasionally with
disinfectants, the eleven public urinals, thus keeping
them in good order.