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assisted if the Vestry would, previously to sanctioning the construction of any new Sewers in
this Parish, make a provision to the following effect:—
That the person or persons constructing such Sewers should undertake to form in connection
with them a proper number of road ventilators, as well as a sufficient number of
ventilating pipes or shafts, to be carried up the buildings when erected abutting upon
the streets ;
And asking that the Vestry would, should it meet with their concurrence, give effect to the
suggestion, the Vestry referred the letter to the Surveyor of Sewers for attention.
Circular Iron Urinals have been provided and fixed in the public thoroughfares, in the
following positions, viz.: Botherhithe New Road, opposite Bush Boad, to accommodate five
persons, and at the junction of Hawkstone Boad and Old Boad, opposite the East London
Railway Station, to accommodate five persons, at a cost of £160 0s. 1d. Lamps have been
affixed to the summit thereof and lighted, and agreements entered into with the Southwark and
Vauxhall Water Company for the supply of water thereto.
The Sewers' Flushers having applied for an increase of wages and for an annual holiday,
the Vestry referred the matter to the General Purposes Committee, who carefully considered the
reference to them, and upon their recommendation it was resolved that no addition be made to
the present rate of wages paid the Sewers' Flushers, viz.: 30s. per week, but that a week's
holiday be granted annually in addition to the statute holidays.