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St Giles (Camden) 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TO THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE ST. GILES
DISTRICT.
199, High Holborn,
24th June, 1879.
Gentlemen,—
I beg to lay before you the following Report on the
works executed by your Board during the year ending 25th March,
1879:—
New Pavings.
Carriageways.
| Situation. | Description of Paving. | Net Cost. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | |||
| Oxford Street | Asphaltic Wood Pavement | 4,600 | 19 | 1 |
| Tavistock Street | Redressed Granite, on 7 in. concrete | 392 | 0 | 4 |
| Little Earl Street | Old Granite relaid on ballast | 170 | 17 | 10 |
| Henrietta Mews | Redressed Granite on concrete | 159 | 13 | 5 |
| Hunter Mews | Do. do. | 169 | 5 | 1 |
| Queen's Head Yard | Do. on ballast | 93 | 19 | 2 |
| Museum Street, including intersection with High Holborn | Do. do. | 320 | 3 | 6 |
| Hall's Yard | Do. on concrete | 93 | 17 | 8 |
| Broad Street, opposite Endell Street | Do. do. | 108 | 11 | 4 |
| Bucknall Street | Do. do. | 417 | 18 | 4 |
| Carrier Street | Do. do. | 42 | 12 | 0 |
| Footways. | ||||
| Russell Square, east side | New Victoria Stone Paving | 196 | 15 | 11 |
| Southampton Row, east side, from Russell Square to Cosmo Place | Do. do. | 76 | 10 | 11 |
| Bucknall Street | New 3 in. Yorkshire Stone | 75 | 7 | 11 |
| Carrier Street .. | Do. do. | 32 | 8 | 4 |
| £6,951 | 0 | 10 | ||
The following macadamized roadways were recoated with broken
Guernsey granite, steam rollers being used to consolidate the granite
after it was spread:—
Russell Square (north-west corner).
Russell Square (south-east corner).
Bedford Place.
Montague Place.
Montague Street.
Bedford Square (east side).
Bedford Square (north-cast corner).
Bedford Square (south-east corner).
Brunswick Square.
Bernard Street (west end).
Marchmont Street (south end).
Chenies Street (west end).
The whole of the remaining macadamized roads in the District
were repaired, and their surfaces maintained in good order.