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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St James's 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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SEWERS WORKS.—
| Situation. | Description of Work. | Cost. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £. | s. | d, | £. | s. | d. | ||
| Brought forward, | 787 | 13 | 11 | ||||
| NEW SEWERS. | |||||||
| Naylor's Yard | Destroying old Sewer, constructing about 150 feet run of new Sewer, 4 feet by 2 feet, and connecting all V existing Drains | 183 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Warwick Street and Beak Street | Destroying old Sewer, constructing new ditto, about 300 feet run, 3 feet 9 inches by 2 feet 6 inches, and con-necting all existing Drains | 325 | 0 | 0 | -508 | 0 | 0 |
| TRIBUTARY SEWERS CLEANSED. | |||||||
| Regent Street, by 149 | Tributary Sewer Cleansed | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Ditto 99 to 103 | Ditto ditto | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ditto 69 to 75 | Ditto ditto | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ditto 270 . | Ditto ditto | 14 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Ditto Argyll Place | Ditto ditto | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Haymarket,next Piccadilly | Ditto ditto | 4 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Ditto from 40 to 49 | Ditto ditto | 47 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Jermyn Street, nr.Church Yard | Ditto ditto | 24 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cleveland Yard, St. James's | Ditto ditto | 10 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 9 | 0 |
| LOCAL SEWERS CLEANSED. | |||||||
| Jermyn Street | Removing accumulation of variousMaterials from the whole length of Sewer | 163 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bridle Lane | Cleansing Pipe Sewer | 21 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 0 | 0 |
| PRIVATE DRAINS. | |||||||
| Connecting 27 House Drains with Sewers in various places. Cost re-imbursed to Vestry. | |||||||
| £1597 | 2 | 11 | |||||