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And 27, Bridge Road West; Nos. 42, 44, 46, 48, and 50
Falcon Grove; Nos. 5, 6, 8, 10, 14, 16, and 1, Grove Road; Nos.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Falcon Terrace; Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 5, 7,
8, and 4, Grove Terrace; Nos. 11, 12, 13, and 15, and 96 and 97,
Ingrave Street; Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Junction Terrace; Nos. 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, Auckland Place; Nos. 1, 3, 4, and 5, Falcon
Place; Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, Falcon Cottages; Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
and 7, South Crescent; Nos. 1, 3, 5, 18, 19, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40,
41, 42, 48, 50, and 207, Winstanley Road; Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, and 25, Barmore Street;
"The Queen Victoria" P. H., and "Meyrick Arms," Falcon
Lane; "The Black Swan" B. H., "Queen's Head" P. H., and
"Duke of Westminster" B. H. York Road; No. 20, St. John's
Terrace, York Road; Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, Richmond
Terrace, Ingrave Street; 1, Orchard Terrace; 1 and 2, Holly
Villas; Pembroke Villa; 1 and 2, Rore Villas; Nos. 2 and 6,
Hope Cottages; No. 21, Grant Road; Nos. 127, 129, 133, 134,
135, 137, 138, and 140, Meyrick Road, "The Shakespere" P. H.,
No. 3, Newcoman Road, "The Wellington" P. H., Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4,
5a, 7a, 29 and 30, Palk Road; "The Clarence" P. H.; "The
Lord Ranelagh" P. H., Verona Street; Nos. 4, 5, and 6,
Somerton Terrace, Hyde Lane; Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 22, 23,
24, and 26, Harley Street; Nos. 2, 4, and 11, Napier Terrace;
Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, and 22, Clarence Terrace, Surrey Lane (Cellars only).
The depth of water in these several premises varied
from a few inches to three feet and more in depth, and
upon the subsidence of the water a layer of abominably
stinking mud was deposited on the floor of the basements.
The majority of the houses in this list were flooded
repeatedly; a larger number were more slightly invaded
by sewage on one or two occasions only; enough however
is here adduced to show the widely-spread and
general character of the sewer-overflow, nearly the whole
of these premises being at the lowest points some feet
above the crown of the main sewers.
The foregoing list clearly shows the great area of
the parish affected by the overflow, and when it is remembered
that these returns only refer to those cases in which