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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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The following is a list of works executed in this District for
which Licences have been obtained:—
Pulling down buildings 6
Alterations and repairs to ditto 17
Rebuilding 3
Constructing Crossings 4
New buildings 9
Raking Shores 1
Licences 4
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PRIVATE DRAINAGE CONNECTIONS.
The following private connections have been made to the
public sewers:—
Size of Pipes:—
6 inch pipes 39
9 „ „ 8
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Amount of deposits paid to the Board for same, £140 2 10
ADVERTISING STATIONS (RATING) ACT.
No Advertising Licences have been applied for during
the past year.
PUBLIC LIGHTING.
There are 571 Public Lamps in the District, nine of these
being meter lamps, which are placed at open spaces, crossings, &c.
The amount deposited for the execution of these works was
,£192 3s. lOd.
GEO. ROPER NORRISH,
August, 1895. Surveyor.
The following is a list of the Concrete Flushing Tanks which have been constructed under my direction:—
| Where situate. | Dimensions. | Capacity in Gallons and Tons. | No. of Outlets for flushing. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length. | Width. | Depth. | ||||||
| Ft. | In. | Ft. | In. | Ft. | In. | |||
| George Street | 15 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2,457, or 11 tons nearly | 2 |
| York Street | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1,125, or 5 „ „ | 2 |
| Collingwood Street | 18 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3,581, or 16 „ „ | 3 |
| Price's Street | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4,000, or 18 „ „ | 3 |
| Surrey Row | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2,100, or 9½ „ „ | 2 |