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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charges for reinstating such places were paid to the
Vestry.
Buildings, Sewers, and Drains.
Forty-two Notices were received by the Vestry,
in accordance with the 76th Section of the Metropolis
Local Management Act, 1855, for the erection of 140
Buildings, namely—1 School Building; 1 Warehouse;
136 Houses; and 2 Stables; also Stabling in two
Private Stable Yards. The orders of Vestry for the
drainage of these Buildings have been served upon
the parties concerned and copies there of filed at the
Vestry Hall.
Two miles, three furlongs, and one hundred and
eighty-six yards of Stoneware Drain Pipes have been
laid down to the above-mentioned New Houses and
Premises at an estimated cost to the Owners of the
Property of £880.
Eighty-five applications from Owners and Occupiers
of Houses for the re-construction and repair of
Drains under the Public Roads and Footways to 94
Houses and Premises have been received and the
Works executed at the cost of the Applicants.
A Brick Sewer, together with side entrance and
air openings, has been constructed in Oakington Road,
St. Peter's Park, for the drainage of New Buildings in
course of erection there. A Brick Barrel Sewer, with
manhole and air opening, has also been constructed in