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St James's 1888

[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 PavedArea of Asphalte in yards super.Cost per yard. super.Pre vious PavingCredit for old Pitching per yard super.Description of Paving and Name of Contractor.
Berwick St.South of Broad St.Aug.69010/-Asphalte-2in. of com pressed Asphalte on old concrete. The French Asphalte Company.
Carnaby St.WholeJune1117 2/312/-Pitching1/62in. of compressed Asphalte,on 6in. of Portland cement concrete. The French Asphalte Company.
Ganton St.West endJuly26612/6
Glasshouse StEast endJuly242 2/312/6
Great Marlborough StWholeJune2745½13/-M acad am
Lower John StreetDo.July25112/-Pitching1/6
Warwick St. (Pall Mall)Whole in ParishJuly270½
Upper John StreetWholeJuly263Macadam
Kemp's CourtWholeJuly9117/-York Stone1in. of compressed Asphalte,on 4in. of Portland cement concrete. The French Asphalte Company.