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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St George (Southwark) 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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| Lancaster Street (part) | 880 feet run. |
| Friar Street | 1326 „ |
| St. George's Road | 2400 „ |
| Total | 9253 „ |
PIPE SEWERS OPENED AND CLEANED OUT.
| Gerridge Street (part) | 200 feet run. |
| Tupman Place | 350 „ |
| Sterry Street | 314 „ |
| Little Surrey Street | 650 „ |
| Lant Street (part) | 164 „ |
| Belvedere Buildings (part) | 110 „ |
| New Street | 226 „ |
| St. George's Passage | 82 „ |
| Quilp Street | 203 „ |
| Wickham Place | 386 „ |
| King James Street | 300 „ |
| Upper Green Street | 217 „ |
| Green Street | 573 „ |
| Barron's Place | 389 „ |
| Rear of Lauri Terrace, St. George's Road | 350 „ |
| Total | 4514 |
The total cost of this work amounts to £437 19s. 11d. Numerous
gullies have been reconstructed, repaired, or properly trapped, at
various places throughout the Parish, at a cost of £158 12s. 9d.
Private Drainage Work.
During the year, 97 new frontage drains have been constructed, and
26 private drains have been cleared, at a total cost of £452 14s. 11d.
The following materials were used for this work:—
6 inch pipes 1470 feet run.
9 „ „ 196 „
12 „ „ 4 „
6 ,, bends 80 ,,
9 „ „ 6 „
9 „ junctions 18 „
12 „ „ 2 „
12 ,, saddle pieces 44 „
6 ,, stoppers 13 ,,
9 ,, „ 4 ,,