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SCAVENGING, DUST, REMOVAL, &c.
Under the system adopted by the Vestry, the roadsweepers
are employed and paid by the Vestry, but the
collection and removal of house dust, street refuse, &c., are
done under contract. The total cost of scavenging and dust
removal for the past year, as given in the Accounts, was
£6,325 16s. 6d., compared with £6,292 6s. 7d. for the
previous year.
The wages of the street-sweepers have been increased from
3s. to 3s. 2d. per day of nine working hours; the gangers
from 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d., and the foreman from 30s. to 32s.
per week. Overtime is paid for extra.
The following is a statement of the number of loads
reported to have been removed from the parish during the
year:—
Cart Loads. Wagon Loads.
Dust 1,399 6,365
Slop 460 4,912
The cost of Street Watering last year was £947 4s. 4d.,
or £162 15s. 5d. more than in 1888-9.
REMOVAL OF SNOW.
In anticipation of a possible heavy snowfall, the Vestry
early in the winter sought and obtained permission from the
Thames Conservators and the London County Council, to
cast clean snow over the parapet of the Victoria Embankment
into the river.
Fortunately, however, the Vestry have not had occasion to
avail themselves of this permission.