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Regent Street Sewer (Eastern Branch).

Commences in Upper Albany Street, at about 200 feet south of Collateral Cut Bridge over the Regent's Canal, and joins the western branch at the aforesaid point in the New Road.

The main sewer proceeds thence along Regent Street, and discharges into the river Thames at Percy Wharf.

Northumberland Street Sewer (Western Branch).

Commences in Warren Street, on the north of Fitzroy Square, and proceeds in a southerly direction along Cleveland, Newman, Wardour, Princes and Panton Streets, Haymarket, to Charing Cross, opposite the district post office.

Northumberland Street Sewer (Eastern Branch).

Commences in New Road, at about 170 feet west of the junction with Hampstead Road, and proceeds along Tottenham Court Road, High Street, Seven Dials, and St. Martin's Lane, to Charing Cross, when it joins the western branch.

The main line proceeds along Northumberland Street, and discharges into the Thames at Northumberland Wharf.

Savoy Street Sewer.

Commences in Stanhope Street, Regent's Park Basin, at a point at about 160 feet north of the junction with Edward Street, and proceeds along Robert, George, Gower, Charlotte, Bloomsbury, Endell, Bow, Wellington, and Savoy Streets, and discharges into the Thames at a point about 100 feet above Waterloo Bridge.

Norfolk Street Sewer.

Commences at the junction of Drury Lane and Long Acre, and passes by the Olympic Theatre, and along Newcastle Street and Strand, and discharges into the river Thames opposite Norfolk Street.

Essex Street Sewer (Western Branch).

Commences in Russell Square, opposite Montague Place, and proceeds along Montague, Russell, and Museum Streets, Drury Lane, Great Wild Street, and Vere Street, to the junction of the eastern branch at the intersection of Sheffield and Gilbert Streets, Clare Market.

Essex Street Sewer (Eastern Branch).

Commences at the corner of Tottenham Court Road, and proceeds along New Oxford Street, Newton Street, and Cross Lane, Parker and Great Queen Streets, west side of Lincoln's Inn Fields, to the junction with the western arm above described.

The main sewer proceeds thence along Gilbert Street, Clement's Lane, Pickett Street, and Essex Street, and discharges into the river Thames at Temple Pier.

Fleet Sewer.

Commences in High Street, Hampstead, at the junction of High Street with Flask Walk, extending thence through South End Green, Gordon House Lane, Victoria Road, Great College Street, Old St. Pancras Road, Bagnigge Wells Road, West of Middlesex House of Correction, and by Farringdon Street to Blackfriars Bridge, where it discharges into the river Thames.

This sewer has numerous tributaries running into other districts, the chief of which are Camden Road, Caledonian Road, Pentonville Hill, River Street, St. John's Road, Holborn Hill, and Guildford Street.

Goswell Street Sewer.

Commences in Sydney Street, at the junction of Sydney Grove, and discharges into the Thames at Walbrook.

London Bridge Sewer (City Road Branch).

Commences at Duncan Terrace, on the west side of the New River, and joins the main line at the north end of Finsbury Pavement.

Another branch commences in Lonsdale Square, Islington, and, extending thence through Barnsbury Street, Richmond Grove, passes under the New River at New North Road Bridge, thence along Portland Place, King Street, under the Regent's Canal, by Sturt's Lock, Walbrook Street, and Critchill Place, where it joins another branch at St. John's Church, Hoxton.

London Bridge Sewer (Balls Pond Branch).

Commences on the boundary between St. Mary, Islington, and St. John, Hackney, at Cock and Castle Lane, Dalston, and passes by Balls Pond and Rosemary Branch Bridge to the junction at St. John's Church, above described. The united sewers then discharge into the river Thames at London Bridge.

London Bridge Sewer (Shoreditch Branch).

Commences in Queen's Road, at the junction with Laurel Street, Dalston, and extending thence along Queen's Road, Great Cambridge Street, Hackney Road, Shoreditch, and Bishopsgate, joins the main line at King William's Statue.

Irongate Sewer.

Commences in the City, and proceeds along the southwest side of Houndsditch, west side of Minories, and by the precincts of Old Tower Without, and discharges into the river Thames at Irongate Stairs, on the east of the Tower.

Nightingale Lane Sewer.

Commences in Union Street, Old Artillery Ground, and Booth Street, Spitalfields, and extends thence along Commercial, Leonard, Wells, and Parson Streets, and Nightingale Lane, and discharges into the Thames on the western side of the entrance into Hermitage Basin.

Hermitage Street Sewer.

Commences in Redmead Lane, on the boundary between the parishes of St. John, Wapping, and St. George in the East, and extends thence along Great Hermitage Street, and discharges into the River Thames at about 50 feet east of Union Stairs.

Old Gravel Lane Sewer.

Commences at the boundary between the parishes of St. George in the East and St. John, Wapping, in Old Gravel Lane, and discharges into the river Thames at a point about 110 feet west of the Thames Tunnel.

Wapping Wall Sewer.

Commences in Green Bank, at the junction of Upper Well Alley, and passes through King Street, and discharges into the river Thames at about 120 feet on the north-east side of New Crane Dock.

Shadwell Basin Sewer.

Commences on the north side of the Eastern Dock, at the termination of West Gardens, and extends thence between the warehouses and New Gravel Lane, on the north side of Shadwell Basin, and along Shadwell Dock Street, and discharges into the river Thames at the eastern pier of the Shadwell entrance to the London Docks.

Pennington Street Sewer.

Commences at the boundary between the parishes of St. George in the East and St. John, Wapping, in St. George Street, and extends thence along Pennington Street, Old Gravel Lane, West Gardens, Cow Lane, Little Spring Street, Labour-in-Vain Street, and Lower Shadwell, and discharges into the river Thames at Shadwell Dock Stairs.

Ratcliffe Highway Sewer (Western Branch).

Commences at the junction of Sherwood Place with Meed Street, at about 900 feet south-east of Shoreditch Church, and extends along Turvile, Thomas, and High Streets, and Whitechapel Road, to the junction of New Road with Whitechapel Road.

Ratcliffe Highway Sewer (Eastern Branch).

Commences at the junction of Hague Street with Bethnal Green Road, and extends along Hague Street, Wellington and Charles Streets, to the junction of New Road with Whitechapel Road, above described.

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