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Lewisham 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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out the old sewer, and substituted a new 12-inch pipe sewer in lieu
thereof.
The following sewers have been cleansed by the Contractor of
the Board, viz.:
LIMEHOUSE-
264 feet run of 18-inch brick barrel in Chusan-place.
The brick sewers in Queen's Head-alley, Wapping, and Annstreet,
Ratcliff, have been repaired.
Manholes have been constructed to the Pipe Sewers, as
follows, viz.:—
LIMEHOUSE
2 in Chusan-place.
1 in Commercial-road East, opposite No. 652.
1 in „ „ opposite "The Britannia" public-house
1 in „ „ opposite Messrs. Skaife's.
1 in Elsa-street, opposite Nos. 50 and 52.
1 in Salmon-lane, on the East side of the Bridge.
1 in Thomas-street, in the rear of the "Lovat Arms" public-house.
SHADWELL-
1 in yard at rear of No. 342, Cable-street.
1 in yard at rear of No. 362, Cable-street.
Manhole Covers have been fixed to the Brick Sewers, as
follows, viz.:—
RATCLIFF—
1 in London-street, on footway by the "Railway Tavern."
Ventilating Shafts (5 inches square) have been fixed to the
Sewers, as follows, viz.:
SHADWELLUp
the back front of No. 342, Cable-street.
The London County Council have fixed new Ventilating Pipes
as follows, viz.:
LIMEHOUSE—
2 in Ropemaker's-fields, on the Brewery wall.
1 in Nightingale-lane.