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their daily walks, in all classes of life, have to
curtail them owing to fatigue and not being able
to sit down, and so spend half an hour instead of
possibly several hours in the fresh and healthy air
outside their homes. In these latter days, when
the benefits of "open air treatment" is everywhere
being insisted on, we ought to put facilities in
the way of those desiring it rather than restrict their
enjoyment. Well-to-do people take a carriage drive
for one or two hours daily; those who have no means
of doing this, and cannot do much walking, are perforce
sadly handicapped for want of more frequent
and suitable public seats.
New sewers have been constructed in Oak Hill
Grove and Grove Footpath, the old sewers having
collapsed.
Under the Private Street Works Act the Ravenscar
Road, Tolworth, and Crane's Drive were made up.
The road in rear of the Electric Parade has been
paved with concrete and properly drained in default
of the owner's complying with the magistrates' order
made last year under the Nuisance Clauses.
Where necessary the houses in many streets are
now being re-numbered.
Sewage Disposal.—The new sewerage scheme
has been under prolonged and frequent consideration
throughout the year, and at the moment of writing
has just been subjected to a Local Government
Board Enquiry, and in due course, sanction no doubt
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