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Paddington 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Trenches were opened by Gas and Water Companies
and reinstated by the Vestry. The number
is 3,971, and the cost £1,137, which has been paid to
the Vestry's account.
New Streets, Sewers, Buildings, and Drains.
A plan, with sections, for the formation of one
new street has been sanctioned by the Metropolitan
Board of Works, to be named Bravington Mews.
Two thousand seven hundred and seventy-three
feet run of 3ft. 9in. * 2t. 6in. sewers, one brick
thick, have been constructed, including air openings
for ventilation and side entrances for access to them,
in the undermentioned streets, viz.:—
Fordingley Road.
Bravington Road (a portion).
Ashmore Road (a portion).
These works were carried out at the expense of
private persons.
Two warehouses, one dairy premises, 231 dwelling
houses, and 13 stable buildings have been erected,
for which the builders gave the required notices, in
accordance with the Metropolis Management Act,
1855.
The Orders of Vestry respecting the drainage of
these buildings have been served upon the builders.