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Paddington 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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124 BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
Street under the jurisdiction of the Vestry, without
the consent of the Vestry first had and obtained.
18.—All vaults, arches, and cellars, and all
openings into the same in any Street, shall be
repaired and kept in proper order by the Owners or
Occupiers of the houses or buildings to which the
same respectively belong ; pursuant to the provisions
of the Metropolis Management Act, 18 & 19 Yic.,
sec. 102.
XXXI, Regulations Relating to Sewers and
Drains.
In June, 1889, the Vestry appointed a Special
Committee to revise the Regulations relating to
Sewers and Drains, and on July 16th the Vestry
adopted the following Regulations as recommended
by the Committee:—
Paddington Vestry Regulations with Regard to
the Construction of Sewers and Drains.
Servers.
1.—Before any Sewer shall be made or constructed,
application in writing must be made to the
Yestry, at the Yestry Hall, Harrow Road, by the
person or persons intending to make or construct
such Sewer, stating the precise local situation thereof,
and accompanied by a plan of the street or place in
which it is proposed to construct such Sewer, drawn
(upon tracing cloth) to a scale of 88 feet to an inch,