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. Saviour's]
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Old Sewers cleared out and permanently filled in.
Great Guildford Street 1040 feet.
20 applications have been made for house drainage, by which 62 houses have been
drained, as have also 9 large manufacturing premises.
20 new flushing shafts have been applied to the existing sewers, with all necessary
pipes, brick work and iron covers.
MASON.
7795 feet super, new 3 inch York paving—laid
10872 „ old York or Purbeck squares—relaid.
54 „ run new 12 by 3 York channel ditto
929 „ ditto 12 by 6 Guernsey edge kerb.
3309 „ old kerb or tram re-worked and re-set.
PAVIOR.
1032 yards super, new 9 by 3 or 9 by 4 cubes on concrete and grouted
9711 „ old taken up, re-laid, and grouted or in gravel
1383 feet run new 9 by 8 Guernsey block channel, and grouted.
Magistrate's order for works—executed at No. 36, Emerson Street.
CHRISTCHURCH.
Gullies—
Two new ones have been constructed and trapped in the improved form under the footway,
at the Glass H ouse, Holland Street.
Thirteen new brick gullies,—cesspools properly trapped and connected with the sewers,
have been made and new gratings put on.
viz.: 3 in Church Street
2 „ Old Barge House Street
1 „ Bennett Street
1 ,, Isabella Street
5 ,, Broad Wall
1 „ Gravel Lane
46 old gullies have been altered, repaired, trapped, or amended, as the several cases
required.
New Pipe Sewer—
Cross Street 130 feet 9 inches
Ditto 372 „ 12 ,,
William Street 105 „ ,, „
George Street 618 ,, „ „
1095 feet of 12 pipes
130 „ „ 9 ,,
with all necessary junctions for house
drainage and connected to sewer.
Sewers cleared out, made good, and the soil carted away—
Church Street 159 feet run
Brunswick Street
Ditto Place and 11atfield
Place
258 „
Gravel Lane 654 „
Holland Street 339 ,,
Hatfield Street 156 „
Stamford Street 891 „
2457 feet.
Old Sewers cleared out, the soil carted away, and permanently filled up—
Green Walk 93 feet
Cross Street 180 „
Church Street 260 ,,
533 feet.
14 applications have been made for house drainage by which 52 houses besides other
premises have been drained.
MASON.
37671 feet super, new 3 inch York laid
26716 „ old York or Purbeck squares relaid
2786 „ run new 12 by 6 Guernsey edge kerb
3317 „ old kerb re-set
4482 „ „ re-worked and re-set
275 „ 12 by 3 York channel
PAVIOR,
1190 yards super. 9 by 4 or 9 by 6 Guernsey cubes, laid and grouted.
5360 „ old relaid and grouted or in gravel
1389 feet run of 9 by 8 Guernsey channel tram.