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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Sewers in the undermentioned Streets and Places
have been constructed by the Owners of Property
at their expense.
ft. ft. in. ft. in.
The Metropolitan Railway 224 run of 4 . 6 by 3 . 0 whole Brick Sewer.
Ditto 90 „ 3 . 9 by 2 . 6 ditto.
Marylands Road 1270 „ ditto ditto.
Monmouth Road North 240 „ ditto ditto.
Chippenham Mews 600 „ ditto ditto.
Netley Street 261 „ ditto ditto.
Elms Lane 130 „ ditto ditto.
Ditto 200 „ 2 . 0 by 2 . 0 half Brick Sewer.
Caroline Mews 170 „ ditto ditto.
One hundred and seventeen Gulleys have been
repaired, and two side entrances, twelve ventilating
Shafts and one hundred and forty-seven Gully
Drains constructed in various parts of the Parish.
The length of Brick Sewers constructed is
3185 feet; also of Drain Pipes laid down 1 mile
823 yards. The value of these works is
about £2583.
Three miles eight hundred and thirty yards of
Brick Sewers, in which the deposit varied from six
to eighteen inches in depth, have been cleansed,
and the hard deposit removed, at a cost to the
Vestry of £ 187: 17:6.
One thousand and twenty-four Gully Drains and
Sand Pits have also been cleansed at a cost to the
Vestry of £58 : 4 : 4.
Four hundred and eighty-three distinct Works,
relative to the repair of Sewers and Gulleys, laying