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

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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1869

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

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CHRIST CHURCH PARISH.
Paviors' Work—
1010 yards super. Carriage-way relaid and grouted.
43 „ „ new 9×4 Aberdeen.
3235 „ „ super, second-hand 3-inch Aberdeen.
731 feet 6×9 new block Channel.
31 yards Concrete put in.
1220 „ cube of Macadamized Roads removed.
236 cube of Ballast spread.
Masons' Work—
2779 feet super. 8-inch York squared and laid.
6000 „ super, relaid.
813 „ run of Kerb reset.
161 „ run of new Kerb, 12×6.
Sanitary Works—
10 applications for House Drainage, under which
14 houses have been drained.
270 feet of old Sewer abolished.
80 „ of new Pipe Sewer.
160 „ of Pipe Sewer cleared.
16 new Gullies, and many cleared to sewer.
The foot and carriage-way pavements have been made good
after removals and alterations of gas and water pipes, in 656
cases.
34 Licences to put up scaffolds and hoardings have been issued,
and the paving, &c., relaid and made good.
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 the water-carts.
The whole of the Macadamized Roads and Streets have been
repaired, partly with new granite and with old material from
stone-yard and other places.
THOS GREENSTREET, Surveyor.