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Clerkenwell 1896
Forty-first annual report of the Vestry of the Parish of St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell for the year 1896-97
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SURVEYOR'S REPORT.
To the Vestry of the Parish of St. James and
St. John, Clerkennwell.
Surveyor's Office,
Town Hall, Clerkenwell,
6th Nov., 1897.
Gentlemen,
I beg to lay before you my Report upon
the works, &c., executed by your Vestry during the
year ending Lady-day, 1897.
SEWERS AND GULLIES.
27 sewers were cleansed and repaired.
1 new side entrance cover fixed.
5 new gullies constructed.
1,722 gullies cleansed and repaired.
1 gully trapped.
6 new gully grates fixed.
479 loads of deposit were removed from the
sewers and gullies.
45 private drains were let off by the sewermen at
the expense of the owners of the premises upon
which the drains were stopped, for which the sum
of £4 10s. was received by the Vestry.