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Shoreditch 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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69
Market Street—154 feet lineal 15-inch pipe sewer, 2 feet lineal
12-inch ditto, 18 feet lineal 9-inch ditto, and 12 feet lineal
6-inch ditto, with gulleys, &c., cost of breaking out old brick
barrel included, £55 14s. 7d.
The sewers in the following localities are in a very
unsatisfactory condition, and should be re-constructed as speedily
as possible—
Charles Square
*Livermere Road
Plough Yard
Four fiushers, with three labourers and watchmen, on average
were employed in re-constructing, repairing, cleansing, &c., the
sewers and gulleys in the Parish; their wages for the year
amounted to £490 3s. 9d.
Two men have been constantly employed cleansing the Parish
Urinals; on Sundays and holidays an additional man is employed
in the early morning for the same purpose; their wages for the
year amounted to £118 8s. 1d.
The sum of £40 6s. 0d. was paid to the Water Companies for
water supplied to the urinals, and rent of meters during the year.
The sum of £34 9s. 5d. was paid to the Contractor for
supplying sanitary pipes, junctions, etc., during the year.
The sum of £42 12s. 6d. was paid to the Inspector for
supervision of the water carts during the watering season.
The sum of £113 2s. Od. was received for Licenses to open
ground for drain re-constructions, &c., during the year, and paid
into the Treasurer's Account.
* Bad fall, owing to the shallowness of the main line sewer in Queen's Road.