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St Giles (Camden) 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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The following Sewer Works were performed during the year:—
| Hyde Street | 50 feet run new 4 ft. by 2 ft. 6 in. brick sewer. |
| Lumber Court | 78 feet do. do. |
| Serle Street | 65 feet do. do. |
| Lincoln's Inn Fields | 144 feet run new 12 in. pipe sewer. |
| Russell Square, east side, from Guilford Street to Bernard Street | 177 feet run of existing sewer underpinned and repaired. |
| Great Coram Street, from Woburn Place to Little Coram Street | 262 feet do. do. |
| New Yard | New side entrance. |
The invert of the sewer in Parker Street for a length of
about 140 feet west of Newton Street being defective was
removed and a new invert formed.
An old brick sewer that ran from the public sewer in High
Street to the front of the house No. 4, High Street, and again
from the back frontage of the said house into Clarke's Mews,
was destroyed, and new 12 inch pipes laid in lieu thereof, connecting
with the sewer in High Street.
The old pipe sewer in Great Turnstile for a length of about
60 feet being found defective, was removed, and new 12 inch
pipes substituted. In connection with this work a flushing
tank was constructed at its head by Newman's Row.
The whole of the covers to the side entrance to sewers
were repaired and painted at a cost of £22 9s. 2d.
The flushing gates in the sewers were repaired at a cost
of £40 15s. 10d.
Flushing of Sewers and Courts.
The following sewers were twice flushed by water obtained
from the New River mains ; once in June and once
in September.