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DRINKIQVH FOUNTAINS.
There were at Lady-day three Drinking Fountains in
this Parish, one of which is the Shaftesbury Memorial
fountain at Piccadilly Circus, and the other two are situate
in the Churchyard wall in Piccadilly. These Fountains
were erected and are maintained without cost to the Vestry.
LAVATORIES AND SANITARY CONVENIENCES,
PICCADILLY CIRCUS.
During the twelve months ended at Lady-day, the men's
closets have been used by 280,750 persons, the ladies'
conveniences by 250,044, the men's lavatory by 43,639, and
the ladies' lavatory by 4,804. No record is kept of the use
of the urinals, for which no charge is made, but they were
resorted to by a very large number of persons during the
year and prove every year that they supply a much-needed
want in the neighbourhood.
It will be seen on reference to the accounts (page
108), that the fees received during the year for the
use of the lavatories and conveniences amounted to
£2,400 l1s. 5d., and the outgoings for working expenses to
£990 12s. 8½d. To the outgoings, however, must be added
a proportion of the establishment expenses for supervision
and management.
UNDERGROUND CONVENIENCES—GREAT
MARLBOROUGH STREET.
The attention of the Vestry having been called to the
desirability of constructing Underground Conveniences in
the vicinity of Great Marlborough Street, and having considered
in connection therewith a memorial from inhabitants
and ratepayers in the vicinity on the subject, the Vestry
considered certain preliminary drawings prepared by the
Vestry's Surveyor for the construction of such