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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Clerkenwell 1894

[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,
Town Hall, Clerkenwell,
14th November, 1895.
Gentlemen,
I beg to lay before you my Report upon
the works, &c., executed by your Vestry during the
year ending Lady-day 1895.
SEWERS AND GULLIES.
37 sewers were cleansed and repaired.
1 new side entrance cover fixed.
11 new gullies constructed.
779 gullies cleansed and repaired.
5 gullies trapped.
8 new gully drains laid.
30 new gully grates fixed.
2 patent gully tops fixed.
4 flushing boxes fixed.
1 flushing shaft re-constructed.
2 new manhole covers fixed.
238 loads of deposit were removed from the
sewers and gullies.
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