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SEWERS.
There are at the present time about 250 streets in the Hamlet,
and in 106 of them only are main sewers, sewers or drains. The
former are three in number :—
The BatclifF Highway Sewer, (Eastern and N. Eastern Branches.)
The Limekiln Dock Sewer, and
The Eastern Counties' Railway Sewer.
For their direction your Medical Officer must refer you to the Metropolis
Local Management Act, Schedule D, where their position and
course are fully described.
PAVING OF STREETS AND ROADS.
There are two principal turnpike roads which are paved at the
sides, the central portion being made in the usual manner with gravel
and broken granite, and kept in order by scraping and watering.
But a small number of streets are paved throughout, and the kennels
and gutters cannot be said to be in a state the most efficient for their
object.
ATMOSPHERIC AND METEOROLOGICAL
PECULIARITIES.
The atmosphere is characterized by being for the most part highly
charged with moisture, arising from two probable causes:—first, the
defective state of the surface drainage; and second, the natural situation.
The prevailing winds blowing from the West and South bring with
them vapour arising from the Thames, as well as from a greater
distance. It has been calculated that the area of the Thames in London
may be approximately estimated at 2,245 acres. 1,857a gallons daily
evaporate from an acre of water surface. 4,000,000 gallons, or 18,000
tons of water are, therefore, converted into vapour from the London
basin of the Thames alone. The atmosphere, perhaps, also from its
position, is more fully charged than in some of the neighbouring
districts with the produce of combustion, soot, &c.