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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Sanitary Works—
12 Applications for House Drainage by which 19 Houses
and Premises have been Drained.
22 Gullies repaired and altered
13 House drainages cleared
263 feet run of Sewer cleared and repaired
293 feet new 9 inch pipes laid
12 Gullies cleared to Sewer
1 new Air Shaft
2 new Entrance Shafts
3 new Flushing Shafts
Many of the Brick Sewers and the whole of the Pipe Sewers
have been several times flushed by water direct from the river
or by water cart.
CHRISTCHURCH PARISH.
Pavior's Works—
541 yards super. Carriage-way relaid and grouted
60 do. concrete
42 do. super. 9 by 6 cubes laid on concrete and grouted
35 do. 9 by 4 do. do. do.
7 do. 7 by 4 do. do. do.
424 do. 7 by 4 do. ballast do.
118 do. 6 by 3 do. do. do.
Mason's Work—
1477 feet super, new 3 inch York, squared and laid
3857 do. old York, re-laid
35 do. Granite, re-laid
50 do. run new 12 by 6 kerb
34 do. dressed and re-set
597 do. re-set
Sanitary Works—
7 Applications for House Drainage, by which 12 Houses
and Premises have been Drained to Sewer
15 Gullies altered and repaired
10 House Drainages cleared to Sewer
1450 feet run of Sewers cleared and repaired
218 feet of new pipes, Sewer
11 Gullies cleared to Sewer
2 new Air Shafts
8 new Flushing Shafts
2 cases of works done under the Magistrate's orders
1 new arrangement of pipes, &c., for flushing Broad
Wall Sewer from the River, have been laid through
Barge House Alley from Old Barge House Stairs to
the Sewer, with all proper pipes, flushing cock, &c.,
complete.