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Paddington 1867

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Tabular Statement of the principal Works executed in the Highway Department,
for the Year ending 25th March, 1868.
New Streets taken
to.
Streets paved under
the Metropolis Local
Management Acts.
Gravel Footways
paved.
Gravel Footways
protected by a
Granite Kerb.
Granite Crossings
laid down.
Old Footways
repaved.
Mews repaved.
mile.
fur.
yds.
mile.
fur.
yds.
mile.
fur.
yds.
mile.
fur.
yds.
mile.
fur.
yds.
mile
fur.
yds.
mile.
fur.
yds.
1

193

3
215

1
150

3
25


206

1
8
——
l
30
Total length of Parish Roads
miles.
39
fur.

yds.
128
Tabular Statement of the principal Works executed in the Sewers Department,
for the Year ending March, 1868.
New Brick Sewers
constructed at the
expense of the Vestry.
New Brick Sewers
constructed at the
expense of the Owners
Flushing
Shafts
Air
Shafts
Flushing
Shafts
Air
Shafts
Number of Gulleys
Number of
side Entrances
Constructed by
constructed at the
expense of the
Vestry.
constructed
at the expense of
the Owners.
Constructed
Cleansed.
Vestry.
Owners.
feet.
2378
ins.

feet.
8494
ins.
1
6
2
19
112
144
2
4
Cleansing Sewers.
Number of Drains
constructed to New
Houses, Stables, &c.
Total length of Drain
Pipe laid to New Houses
and Stables and
under Footpath and
Roadway.
No. of House Drains
re-constructed under
Footpath &Roadway.
Number of Complaints
received and
attended to.
Traps fixed to
House Drains.
cube yds. of soil
removed.
556
322
miles.
yards.
108
228
246
3
1600
Total length of Sewers under the jurisdiction of the Vestry 45 Miles 4 Furlongs 187 Yards.