Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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SURVEYOR'S REPORT.
Vestry Hall, Clerkenwell,
June 25th, 1868.
D THE VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES AND ST.
JOHN, CLERKENWELL.
ENTLEMEN,
I beg respectfully to submit the following Report for the
iar ending Lady-day, 1868 :
SEWAGE AND SANITARY WORKS.
During tbis period 112 feet of 9-inch pipe sewer have been laid down
Winchester Cottages, and 92 feet of ditto in Spencer Place.
22 sewers have been cleansed.
6 new gullies have been constructed, 25 trapped, 36 repaired, and
T4 cleansed.
31 house drains have been laid down; comprising 1 12-inch, 9
inch, and 21 6-inch, while 38 houses have been drained.
19 cesspools have been destroyed, and water-closets substituted for
Lem.
218 loads of soil have been taken out and removed from the sewers
id gullies. And
2 new urinals have been erected, viz.: 1 in Cobham Row, and 1
i Bowling Green Lane.