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Peabody Buildings, Royal Mint Street.
The plans of the Peabody Buildings in the course of erection in
Royal Mint Street under the scheme of the Metropolitan Board of
Works having been considered by the Board, it was resolved that
the Medical Officer of Health and the Surveyor should inspect the
places and report their views thereon to the Committee of Works.
The subjoined is the Report of the Medical Officer of Health and the
Surveyor on the matter referred to them.
JOINT REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH AND
SURVEYOR.
To the Committee of Works.
Gentlemen,
In accordance with the resolution of the Board relative to the
Peabody Buildings, near Royal Mint Street, under the Scheme of the Metropolitan
Board of Works, we have inspected the Buildings now in course of erection on
the West side of Glasshouse Street, and Blue Anchor Yard, and report that we
find upon an area of 48,680 superficial feet, a space of 18,000 superficial feet is
covered by the Buildings, leaving an area of 30,680 superficial feet as an open space.
That in the construction of the Buildings attention has been paid to their sanitary
arrangements ; but we would suggest as an improvement in future buildings of a
similar character that the water closets should not be within the Buildings, but
attached thereto, and provided with two windows opposite each other, and, where
practicable, they should have windowed lobbies in addition, as suggested by Mr.
Simon, late Medical Officer to the Privy Council, so that a thorough ventilation may
be obtained.
The rooms vary in size, being 13-ft. by 11-ft., 13-ft. by 9-ft. and 11-ft. by 10-ft.;
and the rooms, excepting the top story, are 9-ft. 6-in. in height, and those are 8-ft. 6
inches in height. The average cubical contents of the upper rooms are therefore
1048-ft., and the average of those on the lower floor 1171-ft.
A new public sewer has recently been constructed by tha Metropolitan Board of
Works in Glasshouse Street, in place of a pipe drain (which formerly existed there).
The arrangements for the drainage of the Buildings, we consider, are satisfactory.
We are not in possession of the fact whether or not provision has been made for the
ventilation of the soil pipes and drains ; but we consider it advisable that the soil
pipes and drains should be ventilated above the roofs. With the exception of the
water closets, we consider the general arrangements of the Buildings are satisfactory.
Wo are, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servants,
17th November, 1880.
(Signed) JOHN LIDDLE,
S. W. IRON.