Report on the drainage of Goulston Street and neighbourhood, Whitechapel, / by Mr John Phillips, Chief Surveyor, and Mr Edward Gotto, Assistant Surveyor. 15th June, 1849.

  • London (England). Metropolitan Commission of Sewers.
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[1849]
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Credit: Report on the drainage of Goulston Street and neighbourhood, Whitechapel, / by Mr John Phillips, Chief Surveyor, and Mr Edward Gotto, Assistant Surveyor. 15th June, 1849. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    jHetropoUtan detects. REPORT ON THE DRAINAGE OF GOULSTON STREET, AND NEIGHBOURHOOD, WHITECHAPEL. BY Mr JOHN PHILLIPS, CHIEF SURVEYOIl, AND Mr EDWARD GOTTO, ASSISTANT SURVEYOR. Ordered—‘‘ That the Chief Surveyor and Mr Gotto report on the works mittee-fNa' for the drainage and cleansing of a block of houses in Goulston street and the contiguous courts and alleys, in Whitechapel, with the view to their amendment by means of inprovement rates.’' REPORT. The area to which our attention is directed is exhibited on the accompanying Description Plan, and comprises about 9 acres, of which nearly 2 acres are occupied by public baths, and'popuia- a brewery, and a sugar bakery; the remaining 7 acres contain 402 houses and premises, With a population of 3,674, or rather more than 9 persons to each house, which is about double the number in average places. The consequence of this overcrowding is the accumulation of more than the usual amount of filth, and is the cause of much vice, disease, and misery. (40 ) A