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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 Giles (Camden) 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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The following macadamized roadways were re-coated
with broken granite, steam rollers being used to consolidate
the granite after it was spread:—
Bedford Square, north and Montague Place.
east sides. Chenies Street.
Russell Square, north and Bernard Street.
south-east sides. Brunswick Square.
Relay of Wood Paving.
The wood paving in High Street, laid by Messrs.
Mowlem & Company in October, 1875, being in bad
repair, was taken up by the contractors in March, 1882,
and new wood blocks laid in place thereof at their expense.
New Sewers.
The following lengths of new Sewers were constructed during the year:—
| Russell Square (west side) and Upper Montague Street to Woburn Square | 431ft. lineal of brick sewer, 4ft. by 2ft. 6in. internal dimensions. | ||
| Woburn Street, N. end | 80 | do. | do. |
| Duke Street, N. end | 62 | do. | do. |
| Bernard Street, East of Kenton Street | 116 | do. | do. |
| Total | 689 ft. lineal of new brick sewers. | ||
Underpinning Sewers,
About 53 feet of the sewer in Woburn Street and about
70 feet of the sewer in Duke Street were underpinned, so
as to give them additional depth.