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Clerkenwell 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]

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SURVEYOR'S REPORT.
To the Vestry of the Parish of St. James and
St. John, Clerkenwell.
Surveyor's Office,
Vestry Hall, Clerkenwell,
lst December, 1892.
Gentlemen,
I beg to lay before you my Report upon
the works, &c., executed by your Vestry during the
year ending Lady-day, 1892.
SEWERS AND GULLIES.
Thirty-seven sewers were cleansed and repaired,
2 new side entrance covers were fixed, 7 new
gullies constructed, and 6 new gully drains laid;
377 gullies cleansed and repaired, 7 trapped; 13
new gulley grates, and 4 new flushing boxes fixed.
One hundred and ten loads of deposit were removed
from the sewers and gullies.
Fifty-seven private drains were let off by the
sewermen at the expense of the owners of the premises
upon which the drains were stopped, for
which the sum of £5 14s. was received by the
Vestry.

The following short comparison of the work done in the year now under review with that of the year before will be, perhaps, the shortest and best way of accounting for the increase of the expenditure.

1890-1.1891-2.Increase.
Loads of Dust removed87848995211
,, Trade Refuse removed242389145
,, Street Sweepings68107724914
Barges of Hardcore233411
,, Street Sweepings removed12817224
889 Cartloads „ -20freights20

STABLE AND LOFT.

£s.d.
23 Horses, at an average value of about £40 12s. 2d.93400
24 Sets of Harness at £2 5s. 0d.5400
Gas Engine2000
Bean Crusher500
Weighing Machine, Chaff Cutters, Nosebags, Loin Cloths, &c.4239
VANS AND CARTS.
12 Water Vacs, 16 Slop Vans and 8 Carts63000
2 Sweeping Machines5000