Dirty Dustbins and Sloppy Streets A Practical Treatise on the Scavenging and Cleansing of Cities and Towns

CHAPTER VII.

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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 in Paris 46