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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 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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GENERAL WORKS, &c.
EXECUTED BY
| Situation. | Description of Work. | Amount Expended. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEWERS WORKS. SEWERS REPAIRED. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Marlboro' Row . | 12 in. Pipe Sewer partially Reconstructed and Cleansed | 13 | 10 | 6 | |||
| Dufour's Place. | Ditto ditto ditto | 63 | 10 | 3 | |||
| Cleveland Yard. | Ditto ditto ditto | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Heddon Street. | Sewer Repaired & Ventilator Constructed | 62 | 14 | 4 | |||
| Regent St. (185 to 189) | Tributary Sewer Cleansed and Repaired | 26 | 10 | 0 | |||
| New Street | Broken and Displaced Pipes removed and new substituted. | 14 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 184 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| SEWERS CLEANSED AND SOIL REMOVED. | |||||||
| Glasshouse Street and neighbourhood J | Removing Soil from Sewer and neighbouring Sewers, and Repairing same | 66 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 158, Regent Street | Removing Soil from Sewer and Gully, and Repairing same . | 27 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 196, Regent Street | Removing Soil and making good Sewer | 16 | 3 | 0 | |||
| King Street, Regent St. | Cleansing Sewer and Carting away Soil | 5 | 4 | 6 | |||
| St. James's Square | Ditto ditto ditto | 29 | 8 | 0 | |||
| St. James's St., Little . | Ditto ditto ditto | 3 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Silver Street | Ditto, ditto, ditto, and alteration to Sewer | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Little Argyll Street | Ditto, ditto, ditto, and constructing Ventilating Shaft | 73 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 232 | 14 | 4 | |||||
| Generally . | Amount expended in bricking up disused Drain Mouths, and making good dilapidated ditto | .. | 70 | 12 | 10 | ||
| Do. do. | Flushing 62 Pipe Sewers, including Water Supply, use of Hose, &c. | .. | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CLEANSING GULLIES. | |||||||
| Do. do. | 265 Gullies opened, cleansed, and made good | .. | 112 | 12 | 6 | ||
| GULLIES REPAIRED. | |||||||
| Smith's Court | Repairs to Gully | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Duck Lane | Ditto | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Little Argyll Street | Ditto | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||
| Hopkins Street . | Ditto and Repairs to Drain | 7 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 89, Regent Street | Repairs to Gully | 3 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Ingestre Buildings | Ditto | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 18 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| Carried forward . | 648 | 2 | 9 | ||||