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Surbeyor'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, 1874.
Sewerage and Sanitary Works.
During this period 360 feet of 12-inch pipe Sewer have been
laid down in Pentonville Road; 300 feet of 15-inch ditto, in
Wynyatt Street; 150 feet of 12-inch ditto in Saint John Street
Road; 116 feet of 9-inch ditto in Baynes Court; 52 feet of 15-inch
and 14 feet of 12-inch ditto in Brewer Street North; and 250 feet
of 12-inch ditto in Merlin's Place.
18 Sewers have been cleansed and 6 repaired.
10 New Gullies have been constructed; 3 trapped, 19 repaired,
and 223 clcansed.
38 house-drains have been laid down, comprising 5 12-inch,
12 9-inch, and 21 6-inch, while 44 houses have been drained.
128 loads of soil have been taken out and removed from the
Sewers and Gullies. 1 Man-hole constructed to the Sewer in
Compton Street.