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OTHER PARISH PROPERTY.
Eleven freehold houses on the east side of Marshall Street
were purchased in the year 1819, for parochial purposes.
Two of the houses are now absorbed into the Workhouse
premises, the site of three others has been utilized for
the erection of the Public Baths and Washhouses, and anew
swimming bath is in course of construction on the site of
two others. The remaining four houses are let on repairing
agreements. The rent received for these four houses,
together with the sum receivable from the Westminster
Union in respect of that portion of the Workhouse premises
belonging to the Parish of St. James, is applied in aid of the
Poor Rate.
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 £6,769 4s. 5d., compared with £7,008 19s. 4d. for
the previous year.
In anticipation of the expiration of Messrs. Mead's contract
for street cleansing and dust removal at Lady-day,
tenders for the work were invited by advertisement in
December. All the tenders received exhibited a considerable
advance in price, and, after some deliberation, the
the tender sent in by Messrs. Mead & Co., for the sum of
£5,900 per annum, for three years, was accepted. The