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The following sewers were constructed during the year:—
Size of Sewer. Length.
3ft. gin. by 2ft. 6in. 980 feet.
3ft. 6in. ,, 2ft. 3in. 586 ,,
3ft. oin. ,, 2ft. 0in. 823 ,,
2ft. oin. ,, 2ft. 0in. 119 „
1ft. 3in. ,, 1ft. 3m. 82 ,,
1ft. 0in. ,, 1ft. 0in. 1,110 ,,
31 new gullies were made and connected with the sewers.
The cost of these works to the Vestry was £737 15s. 9d.
206 old houses and 92 new ones were connected with the
sewers during the year.
In 1862 the quantity of new paving laid down was 21,636 feet,
and the cost £427 3s. od., in addition to 20,895 feet used for
repairs. 5,009 feet of curb was laid in the Hamlet.
A length of 1,810 feet of new roads was added to the streets of
the Hamlet.
It was during this year that the Vestry Hall was completed
and opened, and I can say from my personal experience that it was
not one moment before it was wanted. The old offices and the
board room were low, badly lighted, overrun with rats and other
vermin, they had a disgusting smell, and how all the occupants
escaped typhoid fever is a mystery.
The following sewers were made during the year:—
Size of Sewer. Length.
3ft. 9in. by 2ft. 6in. 2,170 feet.
3ft. 0in. ,, 2ft. 0in. 928 ,,
1ft. 0in. ,, 1ft. 0in. 3,142 „
0ft. 9in. ,, 0ft. 9in. 1,125 ,,
189 old houses were drained into the sewers in addition to
111 new ones. 36 new gullies were constructed.
The cost of this work to the Vestry was £749 1s. 3d.
A new slate urinal was erected in the Mile End Road, at the
corner of Cleveland Street.
In 1863, that portion of the Commercial Road from the eastern
boundary of the Hamlet, on the north side, to Philpot Street,
was paved ten feet in width, with new three inch paving, and the
space from the back of this ten feet course to the fronts of the
houses was repaved with the best of the paving which was taken up.
16,540 feet of inch tooled York paving was laid by the
Vestry's men, the cost being £710 11s. 6d.
The portion of the New Road which is in this Hamlet, and
the south end of Jubilee Street, were paved with old stone,
purchased by contract, the total cost being £1.126 12s. gd.