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THE SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
St. Sabiour's District Board of Works.
RESPECTFULLY PRESENTED TO THE INHABITANTS.
The Board, in making their Sixth Annual Report, beg to refer to
that of their Medical Officer, and to the tabular statement accompanying
the same as evidence of the sanitary condition of the District
during the past year, and trust that the facts contained in such
Report will show a proper estimate on the part of this Board, of
the responsibility and importance of this branch of their operations.
The construction of the extensive railway works, and also the
formation of the new street through the District, have been watched
carefully during their respective progress, and the Board have
afforded facilities to the contractors where it appeared calculated
to benefit the District. The Board also, in the case of the new
street, memorialised the Metropolitan Board of Works, praying
that Paving might be substituted for Macadam as originally proposed,
which was acceded to; and in the course of the progress of
the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Additional Powers Bill,
1862, through Parliament, this Board presented a Petition against
the same, and on their appearing upon such Petition, secured the
adoption of several clauses, protecting the interests of the District
in respect of carriage and footways in Holland Street, which were
proposed to be interfered with by that Railway.