[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District].

  • St. Giles (London, England). District Council.
Date:
[1892]
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    13 The whole of the works connected with these two pieces of land were carried out from plans prepared by the Engineer and Surveyor to the Board, and under his personal super vision. The following statement, which was prepared at the time gives detailed particulars of the construction of the con venience. This convenience has been constructed by the Board on a small piece of land granted to it by the London County Council for the purpose, out of the surplus land acquired for constructing the new street from Piccadilly to Bloomsbury, which was authorised by the Metropolitan Street Improvement Act, 1877. The site available for the works was somewhat limited in character, but the best use has been made of it. The superficial area of the whole is under 1,000 feet. At an average depth of about ten feet below the level of the adjoining public way conveniences for men and women have been provided. In the men's department there are four closets, ten urinals, and two lavatories. The whole of the urinals and one watercloset are available for use free of charge. For the other closets, and for the lavatories, a charge of one penny for each person is made. In the women's department there are three closets and one lavatory; in this case also one closet is free, and for the others, and for the use of the lavatory, a charge of one penny for each person is made. The work has been executed in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by Mr. George Wallace, the Engineer and Surveyor to the Board. The Contractors were Messrs. C. W. Killingback & Co., of Bewley Cliff Wharf, James Street, Camden Town, N.W. The sanitary arrangements have been carried out by Mr. George Jennings, of Palace Wharf, Stangate, Lambeth, and the whole of the internal fittings are of the most modern description. The w. c.'s and urinals are all disin fected by Jennings' Self-Acting Disinfector. The closets for which payment is required are fitted with Hancock's Patent Automatic Door Locks. The surface over the convenience is formed of Messrs. Hay ward's pave ment lights. The entrances are enclosed with wrought-iron railings, and in the centre of the structure it is intended to place an ornamental ventilating lamp column, which is being cast by Messrs. Pontifex & Co., of No. 22, Coleman Street, E.C., from the design of Mr. G. Wallace. Around the