This ts done by gangs working on Ja, time schedule and they wash about 15 miles of pavement a day.
The necessity for pavement washing arises from the common habit of Jnose blowing and spitting which isn Hertile cause of "Shanghai throat" and Jother more serious diseases, The frequency and extent of pave-Jment washing are not easy to decide, [Areas of wet pavement on a fin are not agreeable to the cloth-shod Pedestrian, Jellies. pontoons, tram rails, tram boxes, "and pavement tubes, are all Jeleaned daily, and the bases of the statues on The Bund and War Mem-Jorial are washed twice a week, The abuse of the tools used by the coolles has been carefully guarded against by determining the standard rife of every tool, from experience. The life varies slightly with the dizuness of the street, and the presence of hawkers or food shops, while the Jarea swept has but tittle effect, Rec~ fords are kept of all tools used on teach street and new tools are never {issued before expiry of the "standard life" without an enquiry asto whether this is the fault of the coolie, the make of the tool, or other speclat elr=
The strict carrying out of this pro-Jeedure has made possible great eco-amy in the annual cost of tools for street cleaning.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.