[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's].

  • St. Saviour's District (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
1884
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: City of London, London Metropolitan Archives

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    25 The following Sewers have been cleared by our own Sewermen:— Sumner Street 460 feet lineal. Stamford Street 830 „ „ Holland Street 450 „ „ William Street 190 „ „ Broadwall (portion of) 600 „ „ Park Street (portion of) 200 „ „ In addition to the above, a large High Level Sewer, running eastward from Blackfriars Road to Price's Street, has been filled up with hard core for about 130 feet of its length; a 12-inch pipe has been laid in the invert to a better fall. Two head-walls and a man-hole have been built, and a ventilator placed upon its highest point. This sewer was also cleared out and the old connection to the main sewer reconstructed. Many other small Sewers, Barrel Drains, &c. have been cleared. The Drainage connections to eight houses have been put in working order. Twenty-three applications for private drainage into the Public Sewers have been received, under which 35 houses have been drained. A new side entrance has been constructed to the Broadwall Sewer, this was found to be necessary, in consequence of the great distance that existed between the old side entrances. Two new side entrance covers have been fixed and five have been repaired. Seventeen Gullies have been opened and their connections cleared Fifteen Gullies have been repaired. Two new Gullies have been built and connections made to the main Sewers. The Penstocks at Clink Street and Barge House Stairs have been taken out and repaired, and the whole of the flushing arrange ments put in good working order. The Urinal at the corner of Southwark Street and Blackfriars Road has been connected with the main brick sewer in Blackfriars Road; it formerly discharged into a small private drain belonging to the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Co., and the drainage was frequently blocked. D