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arrangement have now fallen upon the Vestry to
put straight, for it is in the most important thoroughfares
of the Parish, viz. Regent Street, Piccadilly,
and the Haymarket, that our principal difficulties
are experienced.
It is needless to observe that these tributary
sewers are very irregular, dilapidated, and small, so
that is impossible for men to traverso them as they
can a larger sewer, consequently that which would
be immediately removed from a properly constructed
sewer in a short time causes a complete stoppage in
the small, the consequences of which, unless immediately
relieved, would be most serious, as tlio least
reflection on the work, a sewer is intended to do,
will shew.
Very little has been done in the matter of Public
Urinals and Conveniences ; in fact, with the exception
of clearing a drain or so when stopped,
nothing has been attempted in this important
matter. One has been removed from the North
end of Pall Mall Place, at the request and expense
of the Inhabitants.
The Works Committee have given all the
attention in their power to the subject, but the
difficulties of selecting an appropriate and reasonably
unobjectionable site, have hitherto been insurmountable.
One additional Lamp has been erected, in the
centre of the refuge for foot passengers, at the
junction of Waterloo Place and Pall Mall.