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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 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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GENERAL WORKS,—continued.
GENERAL WORKS,—continued.
| Situation. | Description of Work. | Amount Expended. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward . | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| SEWERS CLEANSED AND ACCUMULATIONS REMOVED. | .. | 545 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Regent Street, No. 95 | Removing accumulations and making good Sewer | 12 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Do. 193 to 197 . | Ditto, ditto, work performed by Vestry workmen and charged in wages Paid Messrs. Lewis and Allenby as compensation | 16 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Cambridge Street | Removing accumulations from Sewer | 1 | 17 | 0 | |||
| St. James's Sq., S. side | Ditto ditto | 5 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Golden Square . | Ditto ditto | 14 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Windmill Street, Little | Ditto ditto | 3 | 10 | 0 | |||
| West Street | Ditto ditto | 37 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Carnaby Street | Ditto ditto | 39 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Broad Street | Ditto ditto | 57 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Poland Street | Ditto ditto | 27 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Berwick Street | Ditto ditto | 36 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 252 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| FLUSHING. | |||||||
| Generally | Flushing 61 Pipe Sewers, including examination and use of Stand Pipes and Hose | 25 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Cost of Water for same | 13 | 10 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 0 | |
| URINALS. | |||||||
| Blenheim Street | Alterations and Repairs to Urinal | 4 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Wells Street | Repairs to Urinal and Lamps | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| Vine Street | Repairs and alterations to Lamps | 3 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Mason's Yard | Repairs to Urinal | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Generally | Cost of permanent Water Supply | 73 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 84 | 15 | 6 | |||||
| Regent Street by | Investigating cause of Leakage into Vaults, and making good Brickwork and Roadway | .. | 73 | 16 | 0 | ||
| St. Philip's Church | |||||||
| Total | £995 | 13 | 10 | ||||
| PAVING WORKS. | |||||||
| Generally . | 1412 Openings made good after Gas and Water Companies (the expense of which is borne by them), the approximate quantities of Paving being— | ||||||
| 1720 yards superficial Pitching | |||||||
| 1200 ditto McAdam | |||||||
| 60 ditto Wood | |||||||
| 7000 ditto Footway | |||||||
| Carried forward | .. | 995 | 13 | 10 | |||