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Limehouse 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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No. 16.
TO THE
BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE LIMEHOUSE
DISTRICT. 1
Department of Works,
Offices,
White Horse Street,
Commercial Road East.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit to you my Report upon the Report upon the Works executed in
the district from Lady-day, 1864, to Lady-day, 1865.
SEWERS.
New Sewers have been constructed at the following places, viz.:—
York Road and Drill Place, Limehouse; Rose Line, The Orchard, and
Durham Row, Ratclilf, at the following lengths and sizes, viz.—
505 feet of Pipe Sewer 12 in. diameter.
100 ,. ,, 9 in ,.
109 feet of Pipe Sewer have been re-constructed in Painter's
Rents, Ratcliff.
In connection with the new and old Sewers there have been
constructed—
5 Flushing Boxes.
5 Gullies.
1 Gully Pan.
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