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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Brick Sewers of the capacity of 3' 9" × 2' 6"
together with side entrances and air openings as were
required have been constructed by, and at the cost of
private persons, in the undermentioned Streets, viz :—
Lanhill Road,
Warlock Road, and
Pindock Mews.
The Sewer in the Mews has been constructed in
lieu of unauthorized 9" pipe drainage.
Ninety-two feet of 15" pipe Sewer has been laid
in Elms Lane, Uxbridge Road, at a lower level than
the 12" pipe Sewer which previously existed there, for
the purpose of improving the surface and other drainage
; and also to obtain more efficient drainage for the
Mansion at the south east corner of the Lane. These
Works were carried out at the joint expense of the
Vestry and the Owner of the House in question.
To improve the drainage from the small brick
Sewer in the rear of Houses in Maida Vale, between
No. 103 and Clifton Road, the outlet of the Sewer has
been diverted by means of 12" pipes laid along passage
way between Nos. 101 and 103, at a lower level, and
connected with the large brick Sewer in Maida Vale,
opposite No. 105 at the expense of the Vestry.
In order to improve the ventilation of the Sewers
on the east and west sides of the Church at Lancaster
Gate, which terminated with head walls, a connection
has been made by constructing a length of Sewer at