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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Mile End 1870

The fourteenth annual report of the Vestry of the Hamlet Mile End Old Town in the county of Middlesex

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King John Street, Grafton Street, Grove Road, Charles
Street, Park Road, Burdett Road, and Grove Street.
Unpaved Carriageways.
The outlay for the maintenance of this description
of roads has not been affected during the past year to
a serious extent, owing to the Tramway Company's
work; but the outlay for the current will be considerably
reduced, about 1000 tons of granite being saved
on the Mile End Road, and the work having supplied
312 yards of granite, and 1149 yards of gravel available
for all gravel roads.

Table: The following is a list of the principal streets in the Hamlet, shewing the amount of material used in each street:—

The following is a list of the principal streets in the Hamlet, shewing the amount of material used in each street:—

GravelGraniteGravelGranite
Alderney-road10Kirk's row31
Burdett-road623Lichfield-road21137
Bow Common-lane.650Longfellow-road85
Bedford-street24Mile End-road491781
Bancroft-road2717New-street27
Bancroft-place10Oxford-street27
Beaumont-square4922Patterson-street74
Canal-road17164St. Peter's-street17
Charles-street919Stepney-green15184
Coborn-road632St. Peter's-road16
Carlton-road25Philpot-street199
Devonshire-street2467St. Paul's-road7514
Devonport-street5Regent's-road124
Diamond-row967Rhodeswell-road160
Epping-place17Rutland-street411
Grove-street1619Robert-street10
Gloucester-street42Sidney-street239
Grafton-street25513Tredegar-square132
Grove-street11Union-street270
Grove-road21Vincent-street38
Gainsborough-road.14Westover-street15
Heath-street38West-street29
Emmott street3520Wentworth-road58
Hawkins-street7White Horse-lane204177
Jamaica-street25York-street41