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 Paddington]
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Tabular Statement of the principal Works executed under the Orders of the
Highway Committee, for the Year ending 25th April, 1860.
New Streets taken to.
Streets paved tinder
105th Sec. of the
Metropolis Local Management
Act.
Gravel Footways
paved.
Granite Crossings
laid down.
Old Footways
repaved.
Old Gravel Footways
protected by a Granite
Kerb.
miles.
fur.
yds.
miles.
fur.
yds.
miles.
fur.
yds.
miles.
fur.
yds.
miles.
fur.
yds.
miles.
fur.
yds.
1
1
140
1
0
6
—
7
27
—
—
182
-
-
127
-
2
75
Total length of Parish Roads
miles.
fur.
yds.
26
3
198
Tabular Statement of the principal Works executed in the Sewers Department,
for the Year ending March, 1860.
New Brick Sewers
constructed at the
expense of the Vestry.
Pipe Sewer
constructed at the
expense
of the Vestry.
Underpinning to old
Sewers, and laying new
stoneware Inverts to
ditto, at the expense
of the Vestry.
New Brick Sewers
constructed at the
expense of the Owners
Number of New
Gullies constructed.
Number of Gullies
cleansed.
feet.
ins.
feet.
ins.
feet.
ins.
feet.
ins.
3440
—
1020
—
3670
—
3220
—
131
742
Cleansing Sewers.
Number of New
House Drains.
Number of Old
House Drains
re-constructed.
Total length of
Drain Pipe.
Number of Complaints
received and
attended to.
Traps fixed to old
House Drains.
cube yds. of soil.
301
53
feet.
149
???
562
???4 000