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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, 1870.
SEWAGE AND SANITARY WORKS,
During this period, 60 feet of 4-feet by 2-feet 6-inch of bricksewer
were constructed in Pear Tree Court, byCoppice Row ; and 150
feet of 12-inch pipe-sewer laid down in the road on the south side
of the House of Detention.
34 sewers have been cleansed, and 9 repaired.
4 new gullies have been constructed, 5 trapped, 26 repaired,
and 175 cleansed.
50 house drains have been laid down, comprising 1 12-inch; 13
9-inch ; and 36 6-inch; while 61 houses have been drained.
13 cesspools have been destroyed, and water-closets substituted
for them.
136 loads of soil have been taken out of the sewers and gullies,
and carted away.