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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
of the
ST. SAYIOUR'S DISTRICT BOARD OF WORKS,
Respectfully presented to the Inhabitants of the District, this 8th day of June, 1859.
Three years having now elapsed since the establishment of the Board, it will be opportune to place before the
Inhabitants a brief account of what has been done in that time for advancing the sanitary condition of the district
over which they have had the honor of presiding.
During that period 1322 notices for removal or abatement of nuisances have been served, upon which 131
summonses were taken out and heard before the magistrates,—488 cesspools have been emptied and filled up,
and drained into sewers,—667 privies cleansed, panned and trapped, and 215 defective drains remedied; many
other useful objects have been accomplished, as the limewashing and repairing of dirty and dilapidated houses—
the pulling down of several tenements which were so decayed as to imperil the public passing them,—providing
better ventilation to other houses and purifying the public urinals and gully-holes with lime.
Upon reference to the former Reports it will be seen that a considerable amount of paving and sewerage
works have been effected in the course of these three years, and that, in consequence, a manifest improvement
in the District has taken place, particularly in Christchurch. The Board are extremely desirous of extending
these Improvements to other parts of the District, and will do so from time to time, as the funds permit.
Several of the old high level Sewers which had become intolerable nuisances and inadequate for drainage
purposes have been filled up, new brick or pipe Sewers having been laid down in their stead ; other Sewers will
be from time to time constructed, but, for obvious reasons, the execution of those required in the vicinity of the
intended new Street must be delayed until the Street is formed
Besides the new Street there is every probability of a Railway intersecting the District. A Bill for making
"The London Bridge and Charing Cross Railway "was introduced into Parliament during the last Sessions,
whereby it is proposed that the Railway shall commence with a junction with the North Kent and Greenwich
lines, passing thence over Wellington Street, York Street, Counter Street, Red Cross Street, the corner of
Castle Street, Worcester Street, South Street, Bridge Street, Great Guildford Street, Ewer Street, Gravel Lane,
William Street, Thurlow Street and Blackfriars Road, and from thence onward crossing the Thames at or near
the Charing Cross Bridge, and terminating at Hungerford Street, West Strand. The Bill has received the
sanction of the Commons' Committee.