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London County Council 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1910.
Works
completed or
in progress.
The following is a statement of works or contracts connected with the main drainage and flood
relief scheme, which have been completed, or are in progress.
| Northern outfall sewer enlargement—Completed at cost of Northern low-level sewer, No. 2— | s. 15 | d. 4 | |
| Section 1—Completed at cost of | 78,785 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 •• •• •• •• •• | 82,775 | 13 | 11 |
| „ 3—Contract price | 261,599 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, 4 (and extension)—Contract price .. | 85,158 | 0 | 0 |
| „ 5—Contract price ............ | 172,630 | 12 | 6 |
| Middle-level sewer, No. 2—Completed at cost of | 315,045 | 5 | 9 |
| Extension of middle-level sewer No. 1 to Scrubs-lane—Completed at cost of Abbey Mills pumping station enlargement—Erection of engine-house— | 13,126 | 11 | 6 |
| Contract price ................ | 58,362 | 3 | 4 |
| Stroud Green and Hornsey relief sewer—Completed at cost of | 21,254 | 14 | 0 | |
| Hackney Wick to Abbey Mills relief sewer extension—Completed at cost of | 62,751 | 15 | 4 | |
| North Kensington relief sewer—Completed at cost of | 27,727 | 5 | 1 | |
| Southern outfall sewer enlargement and Southern high-level sewer No. 2 | 8. | d. | |
| Sections A-D—Completed at cost of | 723,309 | 17 | 10 |
| Greenwich-road Branch— Section 1—Completed at cost of | 12,808 | 10 | 1 |
| Section 2—Contract Price | 22,796 | 6 | 3 |
| Southern high-level sewer No. 2— Section E—Completed at cost of | 361,223 | 5 | 4 |
| Deptford pumping station— Erection of engine house (exclusive of machinery)—Completed at cost of | 46,330 | 0 | 0 |
| Machinery, etc. | 29,380 | 10 | 0 |
| Wandsworth and Battersea relief sewer—Completed at cost of | 38,452 | 19 | 11 | |
| Falcon Brook pumping station—Completed at cost of | 20,695 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bermondsey and Southwark relief sewer—Completed at cost of .. | 99,330 | 17 | 6 | |
| Shad Thames pumping station—Completed at cost of | 39,740 | 7 | 10 | |
Local sewers.
The subjoined table shows the total length and sizes of the local sewers, the construction of which were sanctioned by the Council during the year.
| Size. | North of Thames. | South of Thames. | Total length. |
| feet. | feet. | feet. | |
| 4 ft. by 2 ft. 6 in. | .. .. 85 | — | 85 |
| 15 inches | - | 110 | 110 |
| 12 inches | 1,849 | 11,198 | 13,047 |
| 9 inches | 5,946 | 7,247 | 13,193 |
| 6 inches | 250 | 823 | 1,073 |
| ½ round pipe invert | 876 | - | 876 |
| Total ........ 9,006 | 19,378 | 28,384 | |
The London Hydraulic Power Company, under the Wharves and Warehouses Steam Power
and Hydraulic Pressure Company's Act, 1871, had power to carry out its works in a portion of the
County of London. This limited area was extended to the whole county by a further Act obtained
by the company in 1884, under which Act it is necessary for the company to obtain the Council's
consent to any works in the County of London, outside the City area, beyond those carried out in an
The figures quoted above do not include the cost of purchasing property required, of settling
claims for compensation payable by the Council, of purchasing and fixing machinery, etc., or of
employing the necessary supervising staff, etc.
Section 69 of the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, provides that no new local sewer shall be
made without the previous approval of the Council.