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St George (Southwark) 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]
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84 Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
REPORT
AS TO
MAIN SEWERS AND BASEMENTS
FLOODED.
The Sewers referred to are as follows :—
Situation.
Size.
Depth below
Surface to
invert of Sewer.
Road Surface
Level above
Ordnance Datum.
Blackfriars Road
4.6 by 3.0
15ft. 6in.
13.03
Waterloo Road
4.6 „ 3.0
16ft. Oin.
12.96
London Road
4.6 ,, 3.0
20ft. Oin.
13.16
Newington Causeway
4.9 ,, 3.2
17ft. Oin.
11.42
New Kent Road
5.0 „ 3.4
19ft. Oin.
8.39
Old Kent Road
5.0 „ 3.4
19ft. 6in.
8.29
The surfaces of the undermentioned roads are each of them
below Trinity high water level of Thames, viz.:-
Newington Causeway 1.27 below.
New Kent Road 4.13 ,,
Old Kent Road 4.21 „
Under influence of rain, basements to premises situate in and
near the before-mentioned roads, have been flooded from time to time
during the past 15 years, in consequence of the insufficient capacity