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Westminster and Middlesex Commission of Sewers
Successor Metropolitan Commission of Sewers
Dissolved 1 January 1849 (1849-01-01)
Legal status Statutory authority
Purpose Public health, sewerage, drainage
Headquarters 1 Greek Street (from 1811
Location
  • London, United Kingdom
Region served
City and Liberty of Westminster and Middlesex
Parent organization
Government of the United Kingdom

The Westminster and Middlesex Commission of Sewers was established in 1596 under the 1531 Statute of Sewers.

Its area was defined by statute in 1807, and before then by various letters patent.

It was absorbed by the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers (which took over the Greek Street offices) on 1 January 1849.

Records are kept at the London Metropolitan Archives

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