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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St Pancras 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: RETURN of the principal Sewer Works which were executed during the year 1870.

RETURN of the principal Sewer Works which were executed during the year 1870.

Date, 1870.Locality,Description.Remarks.
Number of Feet.
Large Brick.Pipe.Brick Barrel
JanuaryRear of York Road by the Crown Public House...240...
The following have been laid at private cost, but under official supervision of the officers of the Works Department, and are now vested in the Vestry, viz.:—
June Woodsome Road610...400
JuneLady Margaret Road742......
OctoberNorth Villas......120
1352240520
The following Sewers were repaired, viz.:—
JanuaryTottenham Place.All the District Sewers were thoroughly deodorized with carbolic acid, but the Main Sewers were not soeffectually treated by the Metropolitan Board of Works, and therefore the direct drainage therein contaminated the air in some thoroughfares.
FebruaryEuston Square, N.W. side.
FebruaryPains Place.
FebruarySouthampton Mews.
MarchCharlotte Mews.
MarchRear of W. side of King's Road.
MarchSpains Place.
MarchClarence Gardens.
MarchSwinton Street.
AprilLittle Randolph Street.
MayHartland Road.
June &St. Martin's Place and Camden Street.
July
SeptemberLittle George Street.
NovemberWood Street.