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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) 1898

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

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56
Sewers.
The following Sewer works were performed during
the year:—
Great Queen Street, east end 222ft. run 4ft. by 2ft. 6in. new brick
sewer constructed.
Smarts Buildings 200ft. run existing sewer underpinned
and repaired.
Clarkes Buildings 253 ditto.
Galen Place 125ft. run new 12in. pipe sewer
constructed.
Little Wild Street
Russell Square
Castle Street
Dyott Street
Tower Street
Hart Street
Stacey Street
Middle Yard
Great Queen Street
New side entrances to existing sewers
built.
New manholes to existing sewers built.

Table: Cleansing Sewers.Certain of the sewers in the District which have dead ends, or in which the flow of sewage is not sufficient to enable the sewer to be self-cleansing, are fitted with flushing tanks. They are as follows:—

Cleansing Sewers.

Certain of the sewers in the District which have dead ends, or in which the flow of sewage is not sufficient to enable the sewer to be self-cleansing, are fitted with flushing tanks. They are as follows:—

Chapel Yard450gallons.Automatic self-acting syphon.
Clarkes Buildings600do.do. do.
Clarkes Mews400do.Slide penstock.
Charing Cross Road1,100do.Automatic self-acting syphon.
Denmark Place800do.do. do.
Galen Place650do.do. do.
Great Turnstile830do.do. do.
Halls Yard400do.Screw-down penstock.
Henrietta Mews600do.Automatic self-acting syphon.