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A 12-inch pipe sewer, 230 feet long, was constructed
in York Street and connected with the Fleet
sewer in King's Cross Road.
Seventy-two private drains were unstopped by the
Sewermen at the expense of the owners of the premises,
for which the sum of £7 4s. was received by
the Vestry.
Where necessary the pipe sewers in the Parish
were flushed by water supplied by the New River
Company, and the brick sewers, where practicable, by
water from the main sewers being turned through them
by means of flushing gates fixed in the sewers for that
purpose.
COURT FLUSHING.
The Courts and Alleys in the Parish were washed
at night and sprinkled with carbolic acid from 28th
August to 11th September.
HOUSE: DRAINAGE.
The total number of premises drained were 193
(including 7 new houses in the outlying portion of the
Parish at Muswell Hill), the details of which drainage
is shown upon 119 plans prepared for that purpose,
and deposited in the Surveyor's Office. These drains
consist of 3 12-inch, 39 9-inch, and 83 6-inch.
The amount of fees received for making the connections
of the new drains to the sewers was £121 3s.
Ventilation of Sewers.—A report of the Special
Purposes Committee of the Metropolitan Board of