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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1867
[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:—
| Metropolitan Railway(Notting Hill and Brompton extension.) | ft. ft. in. ft. in. 278 run of 4.6 by 3.0 whole Brick Sewer. | |
| Ditto ditto | 1544 | „ 3.9 by 2.6 |
| Ditto ditto | 484 | „ 3.0 by 3. 0 Iron Pipes. |
| Ditto ditto | . 120 | „ 12-in. Stoneware Pipes. |
| Sutherland Gardens, West) of the Ranelaglh Sewer | ft. 1250 | ft. in. ft. in. „ 3.9 by 2.6 whole Brick Sewer. |
| Victoria Grove | 66 | „ ditto ditto. |
| Goldney Road | 827 | „ ditto ditto. |
| Byfron's Mews | 480 | „ ditto ditto. |
| Chippenham Mews, West of Chippenham Road | 565 | „ ditto ditto. |
| Woodfield Road North, from Elgin Road to Chippenham Mews | 360 | „ ditto ditto. |
| Elgin Road, from Shirland Road to Portsdown-Rd. | 2100 | „ ditto ditto. |
| Moscow Road, West end | 120 | „ 12-in. Stoneware Pipes. |
| Raby Mews | 220 | „ 3.9 by 2.6 whole Brick Sewer. |
| Chippenham Mews, West end | 80 | „ 12-in. Stoneware Pipes. |
The estimated value of the above-mentioned
Sewers, together with 3 miles, 1600 yards run of
Drain Pipes laid down, is about £ 11,038.
One mile fourteen hundred and forty-one yards
of Brick Sewers, in which the deposit varied from
six to twelve inches in depth, have been cleansed,
and the hard deposit removed, at a cost to the
Vestry of £ 103: 18: 10.
Six side entrances, twenty-five ventilating
Shafts, three flushing Shafts, and one hundred and
twelve Gulleys, have been constructed, and sixtytwo
Gulleys repaired, in various parts of the
Parish.
One hundred and forty-four Gulleys have been
cleansed, at a cost to the Vestry of £ 17: 15: 10½.
Five hundred and fifteen distinct Works,