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Paddington 1897

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897

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76
Management Act, 1855, a draft of which was sent to
the Vestry in January of last year.
During the year several systems of combined
drainage have been dealt with. Orders were made
under Section 74 dealing with combined systems of
drainage:โ€”
(NEW DRAINAGE WORKS)
Workshop and Stable in Hormead
Road.
The Flats, St. Mary's Terrace.
The Drill Hall, 207, Harrow Road.
23 and 24, London Street.
346, 348, and 350, Harrow Road.
46, Westbourne Terrace North and
29, Ranelagh Road.
(OLD DRAINAGE WORKS)
2 and 3, Polygon Mews.
13 and 14, Church Place.
25 and 26, Pickering Placc.
286, Elgin Avenue, and 166, Portsdown
Road.
20 and 22, Westbourne Park Road.
20 and 21, Devonshire Terrace.
97 and 99, Westbourne Park Road.
In each case of old work, application for consent
of the Vestry was made in the first place.
A complete examination has been made of the
building plans in the care of the London County
Council, as successors to the Metropolitan Commissioners
of Sewers.
The work involved the examination ofโ€”
16 Vols, of Petitions or Applications from 1847 to 1855 ;
67 โ€ž Court Papers;
31 โ€ž Court Minutes:
1 Vol. of General Orders; and
25 Vols, of Minutes of General and Works Committee.
There were discovered 145 Petitions for combined
drainage works, relating to 1,040 houses or premises,
and 88 plans accompanying the Petitions, relating to
somewhere about 888 houses. Copies were made of
all the petitions and plans, and are now in the
custody of the Vestry's Surveyor.