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Shoreditch 1890

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

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The contractor supplied (52 tons 4 cwt. of Guernsey granite cubes for use in repairing
the channels and carriageways at a cost of £71 18s. 9d., and redressed 495½ super
yards of pitchings at the yard at a cost of £41 7s. 8d.
There are about fifty-one miles of carriageway in the parish, fifteen being paved,
and the remaining portion constructed of Macadam or flints.
The carriageway or channel paving in the following localities is in a most unsatisfactory
condition, and should be repaved or steam rolled (as required) to prevent danger
to traffic:—
Bateman's Row
Bevenden Street
Boundary Street
East Road (portion of)
Edward Street
City Road
Curtain Road
Grange Street
Hoxton Square
Hoxton Street (portion of)
Ivy Lane
Ivy Street
Laburnum Street (portion of)
Leonard Street
Maidstone Street
Murray Street
New North Road (portion of)
Napier Street
Paul Street
Primrose Street
Shoreditch High Street (portion of)
Skinner Street
Upper John Street
Wenlock Street
Wilson Street (portion of)
Worship Street
FOOTWAY PAYING.

Table: The following works at the cost stated have been executed by the Contractor during the past year ,—

The following works at the cost stated have been executed by the Contractor during the past year ,—

Paradise Street, on north side, Gas Company's Trench—
Curb reset on lime concrete, old York paving relaid, a portion of new 2½ in. York paving supplied and laid*£1006