Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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Sewers.
But very small new works have been done under this
this head, but you have on hand a work of some importance
in Oxford Street and Richardson Street, which
is the first section of the reconstruction of a sewer which
has been in an unsatisfactory state for many years.
The are still some old sewers out of use, which are
a source of annoyance to the inhabitants of the streets
in which they exist, owing I believe principally to the
large number of rats bred in them, and I shall be glad,
as soon as your funds will permit, to demolish them.
The total cost of cleansing, flushing and maintaining
sewers during the year has been £813 8 2
The cost of the new work has been 230 9 7
£1043 17 9
The following Table will show the quantity of each
description of sewer constructed during the year :—
15-in. pipe 224 feet
12 „ 430 „
9 „ 174 „
Sixty-three houses have been connected with the
sewers during the year.
I regret to say, that the low lying portions of the
district were again flooded by heavy storms which occurred
during the spring and summer of last year, and
much damage was done to underground rooms and
cellars; the cause of the flood being the inability of
the main sewers to carry off the storm water. It was
HORSE HIRE AND SLOPPING.
1877. | 1878. | 1879. | |||||||||
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£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
Horse Hire and Labor lor Cleansing | 2515 | 5 | 11 | Horse Hire and Labor for Cleansing | 1892 | 7 | 5 | Horse Hire and Labor for Cleansing Roads for the six months ending Sept. 29th, 1878 | 810 | 4 | 6 |
Ditto for Drawing Materials | 326 | 3 | 2 | Ditto for Drawing Materials | 523 | 14 | 7 | ||||
Scavenging Roads and Rent of Stone Yard | 1184 | 11 | 9 | Scavenging Roads and Rent of Stone Yard and Riga Wharf | 1272 | 11 | 0 | Keep of Horses and Labor for Cleansing Roads for the six months ending on March 25th, 1879 | 1199 | 9 | 9½ |
Barge Hire and Canal Dues for removing Street Refuse | 205 | 17 | 3 | ||||||||
Drawing Materials | 490 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||
Scavenging Roads and Rent of Riga Wharf | 1271 | 16 | 11 | ||||||||
£3777 | 19 | 4½ | |||||||||
£ | 4231 | 18 | 1 | £ | 3688 | 13 | 0 |