Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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Complaint having been received of the smell from the
sewer ventilator at the upper end of Ramilies Street, and
consent having been obtained, an iron ventilating pipe was
carried from the sewer up the rear of No. 197, Oxford
Street, above the roof, and the old ventilator destroyed.
Several of the small subsidiary sewers running under the
vaults of the houses in Regent Street have been partially
blocked. In each case the stoppage was removed, and where
found necessary the old barrel drain destroyed and earthenware
pipes substituted.
The cost of repairing sewers, bricking up old disused
drains, new side entrance covers, &c., amounted to the sum
of £72 9s. 7d. for the year.
GULLIES.
Forty-four gullies have been reconstructed at a cost of
£147 13s. 2d. They are situate as follows:—
Argyll Street (Little) 1
Beak Street 2
Berwick Street 3
Bridle Lane 1
Carnaby Street 5
Charles Street 1
Coventry Street 1
Ganton Street 1
Glasshouse Street 1
Haymarket 1
Jermyn Street 1
John Street (Upper) 3
Marlborough Street (Great) 14
Piccadilly 3
Regent Street 1
Savile Row 1
Shaftesbury Avenue 2
Warwick Street (Lower) 2
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ASPHALTE.
The undermentioned Streets have been paved with Asphalte during the Year:—
Name of Street. | Part of Street Paved. | Date when Paved | Area of Asphalte in yards super. | Cost per yard. super. | Pre vious Paving | Credit for old Pitching per yard super. | Description of Paving and Name of Contractor. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Berwick St. | South of Broad St. | Aug. | 690 | 10/- | Asphalte | 2in. of com pressed Asphalte on old concrete. The French Asphalte Company. | |
Carnaby St. | Whole | June | 1117 2/3 | 12/- | Pitching | 1/6 | 2in. of compressed Asphalte,on 6in. of Portland cement concrete. The French Asphalte Company. |
Ganton St. | West end | July | 266 | 12/6 | „ | „ | |
Glasshouse St | East end | July | 242 2/3 | 12/6 | „ | „ | |
Great Marlborough St | Whole | June | 2745½ | 13/- | M acad am | ||
Lower John Street | Do. | July | 251 | 12/- | Pitching | 1/6 | |
Warwick St. (Pall Mall) | Whole in Parish | July | 270½ | „ | „ | „ | |
Upper John Street | Whole | July | 263 | Macadam | |||
Kemp's Court | Whole | July | 911 | York Stone | 1in. of compressed Asphalte,on 4in. of Portland cement concrete. The French Asphalte Company. |