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CLEANSING SEWERS AND GULLIES.
The cost of labour for cleansing the sewers was £121
10s. 9d., and for emptying 1,502 gullies, £67 2s. The
accumulation removed from the sewers and gullies being
carted away by the slopping contractor, under his contract,
without extra expense.
CONNECTIONS TO SEWERS.
Thirty-five 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
£58 16s. 11d.; labour, £17 5s. 11d.; and hose and hose reel
and tools, £59 5s. 6d.
DISINFECTING.
The gullies and market streets were regularly disinfected
during the summer months. The disinfectants used for all
purposes amounted to 899 gallons of carbolic acid, and 12
cwt. of carbolic powder, costing £46 3s.
URINALS.
The saving of water at Broad Street and King's Arms
Yard Urinals, by the adoption of the trough system, having
proved so satisfactory, your Vestry decided to apply it to the
remainder of the Urinals in the Parish. A specification was
prepared and prices obtained accordingly, with the result
that an order was given to Messrs. B. Finch & Co., of Belvedere
Road, Lambeth, who carried out the work.
A constant supply of water is laid on to all the urinals in
the parish except two. The cost of water was £113 2s. 4d,