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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1870

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

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CHRIST CHURCH PARISH.
Paviors' Work—
1605 yards super. Carriage-way re la id and grouted.
599 „ „ new 4x9 Aberdeen.
83 „ ,, cube of Ballast.
78 feet of block Channel reset.
371 „ new 10x 10 block Channel.
410 yards super. Concrete put in.
Masons' Work—
6846 feet super, of 3-inch York squared and laid.
5477 feet of paving relaid.
372 „ Kerb reset.
109 „ ,, redressed aud reset.
562 „ 6x12 new circular Kerb.
Sanitary Works—
17 applications for House Drainage, under which
20 houses &c. have been drained.
4 new Gullies.
550 feet of old Sewer have been abolished and the same
uumber of feet of Pipe have been substituted.
350 feet of Pipe Sewer have been cleared and repaired.
The foot and carriage-way pavements have been made good
after removals and alterations of gas and water pipes, in 1005
cases.
36 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 water-carts.
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.
THOS GREENSTREET, Surveyor.