Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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The Commercial Gas Company have laid a new 4-inch main
in Lowell Street, and a new 12-inch main at the South end of
New Gravel Lane.
The Last London Water Works Company have laid a new
main in Wapping Wall.
Two Street Posts have been fixed on the North side of
Narrow Street, Ratcliff, near Noah's Ark Alley, to protect the
footway.
The vacant land in Ropcmaker's Fields has been enclosed
with a hoarding.
The bridge in Mcdland Street has been repaired by the
Dock Company.
The Courts and Alleys throughout the District have been
limewhited.
A new wall has been built in the stone yard in White Horse
Street.
cleansing and watering.
The Carriageways and Footways of the principal streets
throughout the District are swept and cleansed daily, and the
other streets every alternate day. In bad weather the whole ot
the streets are cleansed daily, and the Commercial Road and
East and West India Dock Roads twice each day.
During the season which commenccd on the 1st March,
1892, and terminated on the 18th October, 1S92, the streets were
watered by the contractors with water supplied by the East
London Water Works Company, the quantity of water used
during the season being 6,130,000 gallons.
public urinals.
The number of public urinals in the District is 26, containing
99 compartments.