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CLEANSING SEWERS AND GULLIES.
The cost of labour for cleansing the sewers was £67 12s. 2d.,
and for emptying 1,144 gullies, £66 7s. 6d. The accumulation
removed from the sewers and gullies being carted away
by the slopping contractor, under his contract, without extra
expense.
CONNECTIONS TO SEWERS.
Twenty-eight new connections from houses have been
made to the sewers by men in the employ of your Vestry.
FLUSHING.
The small sewers and courts were flushed at intervals during
the hot weather as found necessary. The cost of
water was £42 2s. 2d., labour, £19 18s., and repairing hose
£7 12s;
DISINFECTING.
The gullies and market streets were regularly disinfected
during the summer months. The disinfectants used for all
purposes amounted to 711 gallons of carbolic acid, and 15
cwt. of carbolic powder, costing £46 3s.
URINALS.
The old urinal in Broad Street has been done away with,
and a new one placed in lieu thereof on the trough system
(Jennings' principle), at a cost of £215 16s. 3d., including