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Shoreditch 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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50
STEAM ROAD ROLLER.
The Roller was at work 237 days during the past year, and
about 14 men on average, under the direction of a foreman,
to November 11th, 1887, were employed in scoring, rolling, sweeping
and watching the highways; the amount expended in labour was
£811 12s. 5d. Anew road foreman was appointed on December
6th, whose duties, in addition to the above, include the direction
of Paviors and Masons.
The following Table gives the roads that have been rolled,
together with the cost of same, and other details:—

Table: The following Table gives the roads that have been rolled, together with the cost of same, and other details:-

The following Table gives the roads that have been rolled, together with the cost of same, and other details:-

LOCALITY.Broken Guernsey Granite.MATERIALS AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, See., from Yard.
£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yards
Alma Street5yds116¼631910510120101662163/1
31217
Broadway-, London Fields23¾1......Broken Pebbles48401010112211711333/8
2½
140126
Ground
12
1100
Waterloo Street.........( Broken York )414803101201206365/7¾
30
600
Shrubland Grove1622½5...28¾6Broken Pebbles38046140824801802596/7¼
30
7100
412Broken York
6¼
150
Ground \
3?
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