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

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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1867

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

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197 feet of 6 & 9-inch pipes in several parts
23 Gullies repaired and altered
11 House Drainages cleared
973 feet run of Sewer cleared and repaired
15 Gullies opened and cleared to Sewer
52 Ditto cleared by men employed by the Board
8 New Gullies
7 Flushing Shafts, and many cleared by the men
CHRISTCHURCH PARISH.
'Pavoirs' Work—
977 yards super. Carriage-way relaid and grouted
322 „ Concrete
237 „ super, new 9 X 4 Cubes laid on concrete and
grouted
1,270 feet run old Channel reset
Masons' Work—
908 feet super, new 3-inch York, squared and laid
3,901 „ old York relaid
8 „ run new 12 x 6 Kerb
674 „ „ old dressed and reset
349 „ new Rock Hill Pavement laid
1,271 „ old ditto relaid
Sanitary Works—
11 Applications for House Drainage, under Which 25
Houses and Premises have been drained
9 Gullies altered and repaired
17 House drainages cleared
640 feet run of sewers cleared and repaired
375 „ „ of new Pipe-sewer
473 „ „ of Sewer cleared out and tilled in
19 Gullies opened and cleared to sewer by contractor
47 Ditto cleared by men employed by the Board
4 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 1,117 cases
in all.
53 Licenses to put up Scaffolds and Hoardings 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; as also Stamford Street new connexion.
The whole of the Macadamized Roads and streets have been
repaired as required, partly with new granite, and with old
materials from stone Yard and other places.