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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
and sprinkled with carbolic acid at frequent
intervals during the year, whenever considered
necessary by the Medical Officer of Health, and the
carriageway of Chapel Street was washed during
the hottest weather.
HOUSE DRAINAGE.
The total number of premises drained were 186
(including two houses in the outlying portion of
the Parish at Muswell Hill) the details of which
drainage is shown upon 141 plans prepared for that
purpose and deposited in the Surveyor's office.
The drains consist of 1 12-in., 15 9-in. and 125
6-in.
The amount of fees received for making the
connections of the new drains to the sewers was
£141 5s. 6d.
133 drains were tested.
The Islington Yestry having agreed to pay the
sum of £150 towards the cost of the new sewer
recently laid in Goswell Road, the Yestry consented
to take the drainage of the houses on the east side
of Goswell Road, and nine houses have been connected
with the sewer.