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Whitechapel 1871

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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The following Table shows the localities which are either entirely without Sewers, or in which the Sewerage is imperfect; and Mr. S. W. I ron has kindly, at my request, made his observations on the state of the Sewerage in the several localities:-

LOCALITIES.REMARKS.
Whitechapel.
Angel Alley12-inch pipe sewer, very defective.
Newnham Street9-inch pipe sewer only.
Scarborough StreetDitto ditto
Tenter Street (East)Ditto ditto
Tenter Street (West)No sewer.
Tenter Street (North)9-inch pipe sewer only.
Tenter Street (South)Ditto ditto
Alie Place6-inch pipe sewer only.
Gower's RowNo sewer.
Half-Moon PassageSmall piece of brick sewer only.
Colchester Street18-inch brick sewer, defective.
Rupert StreetPartly drained by an 18-inch brick sewer, defective.
Little Middlesex Street9-inch pipe sewer only.
New Castle StreetBrick sewer, very defective.
Old Castle StreetDitto ditto
New Castle PlaceNo sewer.
Boar's Head Yard9-inch pipe sewer, very defective.
New Goulston Street9-inch pipe sewer, defective.
Wellclose SquareBrick sewer, defective.
Grace's AlleyOld pipe and brick sewers, defective.
Spitalfields.
Grey Eagle Street18-inch brick sewer, very defective.
Fashion StreetOld brick sewer, defective.
Union Court18-inch brick sewer, defective.
Fashion CourtPipe sewer, defective.
Princes StreetBrick sewer, defective.
Wood StreetDitto ditto
Wilkes StreetDitto ditto
Artillery PassagePipe sewer, very defective
Lower Keate Street12-inch pipe sewer, defective.
Paternoster RowDitto ditto
Mile End New Town.
North Place6-inch pipe sewer, defective.
Dunk Street9-inch pipe only.
Buttress StreetDitto ditto
Norton Folgate.
Fleur-de-lis StreetOld and defective pipe sewer.
Church PassageNo sewer.
Chapel StreetOld and defective pipe sewer.
Aldgate.
Burr StreetOld brick sewer, very defective.
Lower East SmithfieldDitto ditto