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SURVEYOR'S REPORT.
TO THE VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES AND ST.
JOHN, CLERKENWELL.
Gentlemen,
I beg respectfully to submit the following report for the
year ending Lady-day, 1869.
SEWAGE AND SANITARY WORKS.
During this period, 46 feet of 9-inch pipe-sewer have been laid
down in Alpha Place, Caledonian Road; 100 feet of ditto, in Broad
Yard, Turnmill Street; 66 feet of ditto, at the backs of Nos. 10, 11,
and 12, Cumming Street; 90 feet of 12-inch pipe-sewer, in Red Lion
Mews, in Red Lion Street; and 70 feet of ditto, in Saint John Street.
27 sewers have been cleansed and 5 repaired.
5 new gullies have been constructed, 18 trapped, 12 repaired,
and 152 cleansed.
45 house drains have been laid down, comprising 2 12-inch; 12
9-inch; and 31 6-inch ; whilo 48 houses have been drained.
12 cesspools have been destroyed, and water closets substituted
for them.
73 loads of soil have been taken out and removed from the sewers
and gullies.
And one public urinal constructed in Gloucester Street.