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

View report page

St Saviour's (Southwark) 1866

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

This page requires JavaScript

7
47 feet 12-inch Pipe, Castle Street
280 ,, now Brick Sower, Emerson Street
19 Gullies repaired and altered
14 House Drainages cleared
1,698 feet run of Sower cleared and repaired
11 Gullies opened and cleared to Sewer
54 Ditto cleared by the men of the Board
7 New Gullies
5 Flushing Shafts, and many cleared by the men
CHRISTCHURCH PARISH.
Paviors Work—
1,596 yards super. Carriage-way relaid and grouted
447 ,, Concrete
225 ,, super, new 9 by 4 Cubes laid on concrete and
grouted
,4059 feet run old Channel reset
Masons' Work—
2,305 feet super, new 3-inch York, squared and laid
5,116 ,, old York relaid
105 ,, run new 12 by 6 Kerb
973 ,, „ old dressed and reset
1,595 ,, new Flock Tile
2,837 ,, old relaid
Sanitary Works—
17 Applications for House Drainage, under which 55
Houses and Premises have been drained
11 Gullies altered and repaired
21 House Drainages cleared
560 feet run of Sewers cleared and repaired
193 „ ,, of new Pipe-sewer
16 Gullies opened and cleared to Sewer
41 Ditto cleared by the men of the Board
5 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 1,223 cases
in all.
34 Licenses to put up Scaffolds and Hoards have been issued,
and the paving, &c., relaid and made good after.
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.
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.