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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In the undermentioned Streets and Places,
Sewers have been constructed at the expense of
the Vestry.
Harrow Road,from Carlton} ft. in. ft. in.
Terrace to Woodfield}610 run of 3.9 by 2.6 whole Brick Sewer.
Road
Garway Road, South of)
136 „ 3.9 by 2.6 ditto.
Westbourne Grove}
The value of the above-mentioned Sewers,
together with 1 mile 1595 yards run of Drain
Pipes laid down, is about £ 4533.
Three miles twelve hundred 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 £ 143:3:7.
Seventy-six Gulleys have been repaired, five
side entrances to Sewers, two ventilating Shafts,
and one hundred and seventeen Gulley Drains
constructed in various parts of the Parish.
One hundred and sixty-seven Gulleys have
been cleansed at a cost to the Vestry of
£18:17:9.
Four hundred and sixty-seven distinct Works,
relative to the repair of Sewers and Gulleys,
laying Pipe Drains, fixing Traps, &c., have been
executed at a cost of £ 1565:1:10. This
amount includes the sum of £ 760:17:2 received
from Owners of Property for fixing Traps at
outlets of existing Drains, constructing Gulleys,
and laying Drain Pipes under Streets.