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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]

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The length and size of pipes laid during the year for house
drainage connections are as follows:—
Size of pipe.
6in 248
9in 394
12in 14
656
The deposits for this work amount to £187 7s. 5d., and the
amounts returned after the works were completed, £13 4s. l0d.
New gullies have been constructed in the Borough High
Street and Pitt's Place, and gullies have been repaired and
reconstructed as follows:—
Three Crown Square 1
St. Margaret's Court 1
Stoney Street 1
Borough High Street 2
Total 5
New side entrance covers fixed 2
New gulley grates fixed 9
Slop carted from sewers and side entrances 134 loads.
Public Urinals.
The following is a list of the Urinals in the District which
are flushed by automatic water tanks, regulated to discharge
about every 12 minutes, and also by a man twice daily. I find
great difficulty in keeping these small urinals clean.
St. Saviour's.
London Bridge Steps 4 compartments slate.
Southwark Street 6 „ „
Triangle, Union Street 4 „ „
Stoney Street 1 „ brick.
Christchurch.
Blackfriars Road 4 compartments slate.
Southwark St. and do. 6 „ »
Gravel Lane 4 „ enamelled
Holland Street 3 „ iron
John's Place 2 „ „
Chalet.
In December last, the whole of the inside and outside
of the Chalet at the corner of Southwark Street and Borough
High Street, was thoroughly scraped, washed and cleansed,
and painted twice, all fittings repaired where necessary, and

Private Drainage Connections.

The following House Drainage connections to the Public Sewers have been made:—

Size of pipes, &c.No. of connections.
12in. pipe to brick sewers1
9in. „ „9
6in. „ „9
9in. pipe to pipe sewers6
6in. „ „3
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