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Considerable improvements have been effected in the outlet for
the Brewers Lane urinal which originally passed under the
"Craven" Hotel into the Craven Street sewer. This was a
continual source of complaint owing to the drain being jointly used
by the hotel. A new 6-inch shallow pipe-drain has now been laid
from this urinal down the centre of Brewers Lane, joining the main
pipe sewer in Brewers Lane immediately above the Craven Passage
archway. An inspection pit has been provided beneath the pavement
opposite the urinal whereby the drains can at any time be
thoroughly examined, and flushed if necessary, without disturbing
the street surface. An additional screen has been fixed from the
railings of the Craven Hotel area to the urinal, thus enclosing an
objectionable corner space.
The Charles Street urinal has been provided with an inspection
chamber and trap and the drainage overhauled. An easy inspection
of the drains can now be made without involving the expense of
opening up the footway pavement.
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The urinal in Whitehall has been painted throughout.
The automatic flush to each urinal has been carefully adjusted
and made to flush once in every twenty minutes; in the hot weather
a more frequent flush is allowed.

UNDERGROUND CONVENIENCES.
The question of providing underground urinal and lavatory
accommodation has been for some time past under consideration,
and acting upon your instructions I have prepared several schemes
and reported fully upon the sites in the Parish; the sites having
been reduced to two, viz.: St. Martin's Place and Charing Cross,
you finally decided to erect a convenience on the Charing Cross site,