London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1864

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]

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28 Gullies repaired and altered
9 House drainages cleared
1,288 feet run of Sewer cleared and repaired
15 Gullies opened and cleared to Sewer
67 Ditto cleared by the men of the Board
4 New Gullies
18 Flushing Shafts, and many cleared by the men
CHRISTCHURCH PARISH.
Paviors' Work—
1,078 yards super. Carriage-way re-laid and grouted
52 ,, Concrete
2,988 „ super, new 9 by 4 cubes laid on concrete and
grouted
1,683 feet run 10 by 10 Channel ditto
410 „ „ old Channel re-set
Masons' Work—
7,428 feet super, new 8-inch York, squared and laid
6,501 „ old York, re-laid
371 ,, run new 12 by 6 kerb
1,118 ,, „ old dressed and re-set
Sanitary Works—
11 Applications for House Drainage, under which 23
Houses and Premises have been Drained
17 Gullies altered and repaired
5 House Drainages cleared
885 feet run of Sewers cleared and repaired
241 ,, ,, of new Pipe-sewer
31 Gullies opened and cleared to Sewer
78 Ditto cleared by the men of the Board
7 New Flushing Shafts and many cleared
The Foot and Carriage-way pavements have been made good,
after removals and alterations of gas and water pipes in 1,042 cases
in all.
36 Licenses to put up Scaffolds and Hoards have been issued,
and the paving, &c., relaid and made good after.
Many of the Brick Sowers and the whole of the Pipe-sewers
have been several times flushed by water direct from the River or
by water-cart.
The whole of the Macadamized Roads and Streets have been
repaired as required, partly with new granite, and with old materials
from Ewer Street Yard and other places.