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SURVEYOR'S REPORT.
VESTRY HALL, CLERKENWELL.
June 4th, 1863.
Gentlemen,—
Pursuant to the orders of the Vestry of the 6th day of November,
1862, that the Surveyor should make an Annual Report to the Vestry,
I beg to submit the following Report for the year ending Lady-day,
1863.
SEWAGE AND SANITARY WORKS.
^During this period 838 feet of sewers have been constructed under
my supervision, of which 46 feet of 12-inch pipe were laid down in
Jerusalem Passage, and 132 feet of 9-inch pipe laid down in Charlotte
Court, Suffolk Street, Pentonville; and at the cost of the Vestry; and
660 feet of brick sewers (4 feet by 2 feet 9 inches, and 4 feet 9 inches by
3 feet respectively) along Turnmill Street and Cow Cross Street, and
executed at the cost of the Metropolitan Underground Railway Company.
Five sewers have been repaired, and 57 sewers cleansed.
4 new gullies have been constructed, 6 gullies trapped, 5 repaired,
and 297 gullies were cleansed.
39 house drains have been laid down, comprising 3.12-inch, 11 9.inch
and 25 6-inch drains; whilst 61 houses have been drained, and 6 have
drains trapped.