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Drainage Works.
One hundred and sixty-eight notices have been received in reference to the redrainage
of houses, erection of new houses, etc., as follows
Existing Houses redrained 247
Buildings and Premises other than houses drained or redrained 23
New Houses erected or rebuilt and drained 21
Additions and Alterations to Houses 10
Other Buildings 20
House Drains cleansed 23
344
In connection with the above, 86 new connections have been made with the sewers ;
of this number 8 were connected to the County Council's mains. The cost charged to the
owners for the connections and for the necessary interceptor and inspection chamber
under the footway where no forecourt existed, amounted to £379 7s. 2d.
Street Watering.
At the commencement of the season the pumps were overhauled and painted at a cost
of ,£21 19s., and the amount paid for their maintenance, exclusive of the work done by our
own employees, was £1 19s. 6d.
In June I reported to the Vestry that some of the wells were proving very deficient of
water and giving considerable trouble, the "Bed Lion," "Plough Bridge," and "Horns"
pumps only yielding two or three loads per day, and that some time must elapse between
each lead, and I was instructed on the 2nd July to have three standposts erected and connected
with the Company's mains: one near the " Red Lion" p.h., the other two in Rotherhithe
Street, but owing to the advancement of the season, and the terms asked by the Kent Company
for those in Rotherhithe Street being such as I could not recommend for your approval,
only the one near the " Red Lion ' p.h. was erected, that being upon the area of supply of