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to be set in motion by two householders, considerable
advance might be made in the suppression of disorderly
houses.
URINALS.
The following is a list of public urinals erected and maintained
by the Vestry:—
Situation.
No. of Compartments.
Situation.
No. of Compartments.
Blenheim Street
4
King's Arms Yard
3
Broad Street
8
Mason's Yard
3
Coach and Horses Yard
4
Vine Street
7
Cork Mews
2
Wells Street
5
Ham Yard
3
With a view to supplying in some degree the need of
further accommodation, the Vestry have asked the Metropolitan
Board of Works to allow them to erect a public urinal
and other conveniences on the vacant ground at Piccadilly
Circus. This ground is scarcely suitable for ordinary
building purposes, but might well be utilized as a small
ornamental space, with possibly a fountain or statue in the
centre. If some such idea were carried out, it would not be
difficult to form an underground urinal, provided with proper
approaches. This suggestion was brought under the notice
of the Board by a deputation from the Vestry, on the 13th
July, Mr. Burgess, Chairman of the Works Committee,
speaking on behalf of the deputation, but no definite reply
has yet been received from the Board.
The Vestry had intended erecting a small urinal at the
entrance to Wardour Mews, in order to abate a nuisance, but
the owners of adjacent property objecting to the proposal, the
nuisance continues.
A wooden structure was erected in Bridle Lane by way of
experiment, to ascertain how far a public urinal at that spot