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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1883

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

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At Nos. 37, 38, and 39, Ewer Street; Nos. 122, 124, 128, and
130, Union Street; and Nos. 8, 9, 13, 14, and 15, Pump Court,
Union Street. In this block of houses the water-closets were found
to be dilapidated and without a supply of water (the water-closets
in Pump Court being actually under the same roof as the houses,
and within a few feet of the living rooms). The yards were found
to be broken up, also dustbins broken and uncovered. The owners
of the houses in question were served with the necessary notices
under the Nuisances Removal Act to abate the nuisances. The
water-closets have all been supplied with water, repaired, and
also in several cases taken down and rebuilt. Yards and dustbins
have been repaired, so that the houses and premises are now in
good sanitary condition.
Various other sanitary works have been carried out for the
abatement of nuisances on various premises in the following Streets:
Surrey Row, Blackfriars Road, Charlotte Street, Stamford Street,
Bear Lane, Gravel Lane, George Street, William Street, Cross
Street, Burrell Street, Hatfield Street, Jane Street, Charles Street,
Thurlow Street, Upper Ground Street, Collingwood Street, Broadwall,
and Edward Street, and
Park Street, Southwark Bridge Road, Ewer Street, Borough
High Street, Union Street, Sumner Street, Great Suffolk Street,
Orange Street, Loman Street, Park Street, Suffolk Grove, Great
Guildford Street, Pepper Street, Princess Street, Castle Street,
Pitt's Place, Holland Street, Southwark Street, Parvey Place,
Union Court, St. Margaret's Court, and Red Cross Street.