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Four flushers and several laborers have been employed in the
cleansing and repairing the sowers and gullies in the Parish, and
their wages for the year amounted to the large sum of £432 18s. 6d.
I am sorry to have to say that the condition of the sewers
is not so satisfactory as I could wish, as since the constant water
supply came into operation in this parish the amount of water that
is allowed to pass through the drains into the sewers is so little that
some of the smaller and pipe sewers get stopped up in consequence,
as the large amount spent in labor, in opening on to and cleansing
will show, being nearly double that of last year.
One man has been constantly employed in cleansing the
urinals in the parish, and on Sundays and holidays two men are
employed in the early morning for the same purpose; the
amount paid in wages for the year, for this purpose, was £6 1 4s. 4d.
The sum of £22 18s. 8d. was expended in wages for labor
in removing and setting up Lamp Columns under the direction of
the Lamp Inspector.
The sum of £42 12s. 9d. was paid the Inspector for
supervision of the water carts during the watering season.
As regards the general condition of the parish, I may state
that as a very large amount of money has been expended in carriageway
paving during the year, the paved carriageways are in very
fair order, with the following exceptions:—
Sun Street (since ordered to be done)
Clifton Street
Holywell Lane
Pitfield Street
and Bevenden Street.
The unpaved roadways, in consequence of the use of the
steam roller, are getting in a very good state, and I think and hope