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. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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The following additional stoneware trapped gullies have been
fixed and connected to the sewers:—
1 in Brewers Lane.
1 in Charing Cross (opposite Messrs. Drummond's Bank).
1 in Pall Mall East (opposite No. 3.)
1 in Wilson Street.
1 do. do (brick gully).
1 in Little Catherine Street.
The following untrapped brick gullies have been taken out and
stoneware trapped gullies substituted:—
1 in St. Martin's Street.
1 in Agar Street.
1 in James Street, Covent Garden (by contract).
2 in Green Street (by contract).
2 in Orange Street (do.).
2 in Charing Cross Road (late Castle Street).
1 in Whitcomb Court.
The following brick gullies have been reconstructed:—
1 in James Street, Covent Garden (by contract).
1 in Charing Crass Road (by contract).
A charcoal deodorizing box has been fixed over the sewer in
Spring Gardens.
The total cost of this work, exclusive of contract work, has been
£79 18s. 4d.
REPAIRS TO SEWERS.
A new side entrance cover has been fixed to the Long Acre
Sewer, near James Street.
NEW SEWERS.
hemmings row.
The most important work under this head has been the construction
of a new 4 ft. by 2 ft. 8 in. egg-shaped brick sewer (9 in.
brickwork), in continuation of the Green Street sewer, necessitated
by the abolition of the Hemmings Row Sewer.
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