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Clerkenwell 1895
[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 May, 1896.
Gentlemen,
I beg to lay before you my Report upon
the works, &c., executed by your Vestry during the
year ending Lady-day, 1896.
SEWERS AND GULLIES.
39 sewers were cleansed and repaired.
2 new side entrance covers fixed.
30 new gullies constructed. (11 of these were
constructed at the cost of the Electric Light Co.)
897 gullies cleansed and repaired.
6 gullies trapped.
2 new gully drains laid.
10 new gully grates fixed.
3 flushing boxes fixed.
1 new manhole cover fixed.