STREET CLEANSING.
Prosperous appearance of a town--Danger of inhaling dust--The
law on the subject--Who ought to cleanse private
courts and alleys?--Statistics with reference to this point--Number
of times streets ought to be cleansed--Hand
labour or machinery--Durability of machines and hand
brooms--Materials of brooms--Construction of streets and
traffic affect the question of cleansing materially--Returns
prepared by the Superintendent of Scavenging, Liverpool--His
further remarks on the subject--Disposal of road
scrapings--Street cleansing in Paris--The use of disinfectants
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