[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse].

  • Limehouse (London, England). Board of Works
Date:
[1887]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: City of London, London Metropolitan Archives

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    The following sewers have been cleansed by the Contractor of the Board, viz.:- Limehouse.— 150 feet run of 12-in. pipe sewer in Galt Street. ] 182 feet run of 12-in. pipe sewer in Dupont Street. 264 feet run of 12-in. pipe sewer in Commercial Road, oppisite Limehouse Church. 145 feet run of 12 in. pipe sewer in St. Anne Street. 300 feet run of 12-in. pipe sewer in Stains by Road. The 12-in. pipe sewer in Commercial Road opposite the Cape of Good Hope. Ratcliff.— 50 feet run of 18-in. barrel Sewer in Belgrave Street. 96 feet run of 12-in. pipe sewer in York Road. 9 New Gulley Grates have been supplied and fixed. 2 New Gulley Pans have been supplied and fixed, and 83 feet run of 6 in. pipe drain constructed in Trigg,s Place, Limehouse. 1 New Gulley Pan has been supplied and fixed, and the Gulley Drain reconstructed. 5 Gullies repaired. 5 New Flushing Boxes supplied and fixed. 1 Flushing Box repaired. 1 New side entrance cover fixed. 1 Gulley Grate lowered. 4 Air Shafts raised. 2 Ventilators raised. 1 Ventilating Shaft repaired The sewer in Baroda Place, Shadwell, has been unstopped and been flushed by the men employed by the Board with water supplied by the East London Water Works Co.