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Shoreditch 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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COMPARISON OF COST.
The estimated cost of clinker paving, also ordinary concrete paving, and tar paving, compared
under similar conditions as to traffic, with York Stone, Patent Victoria Stone, or Mastic
Asphalte, as laid under contract during this year, is as follows:—
IN SLABS.
| Material. | Thickness. | .trice per Super. Yard Laid complete. | Estimated Life. | Cost ot re-laying per Square Yard complete. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years. | ||||
| York | 3 inch | 8/7½ | 18 | 1/1½ |
| York | inch | 8/0¾ | 15 | 1/1½ |
| Patent Victoria | 2 inch | 6/- | 15 | 1/1½ |
| Clinker | 2 inch | 2/9 | 10 | 1/3 |
IN SITU.
| Material. | Thickness. | Price per Super. Yard Laid complete. | Estimated Life. | Cost of repairs per Square Yard complete |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years. | ||||
| Mastic Asphalte | ¾ inch, on 3-in. P.C. concrete | 5/9 | 8 | 7/9 |
| Ordinary Concrete | 6-in., including bottoming | 4/- | 6 | |
| Clinker Concrete | 6-in., including bottoming. | 3/4 | 6 | 3/4 |
| Tar Paving | 4-in., including bottoming. | 2/6 | 3/6 |
The Works Committee having recommended that the footway round St. John's Churchyard,
Hoxton, having an area, excluding kerb, of 413 square yards, should be paved with asphalte, at
an estimated total cost of £217 15s. 6d., made up as follows:—
For Asphalte £118 14 9
„ Kerb and channel redressed, including
new as required, and sett paved
crossing, all on P.C. concrete 99 0 9
£217 15 6
And the Vestry having referred the matter back until this report has been submitted, a suitable
opportunity is afforded for experimenting during next spring with the in situ concrete as
described herein, and covering the same area at an estimated total cost of £167 17s. 5d., made
up as follows :—
For Concrete paving in situ £68 16 8
,, Kerb, Channel, crossing, &c., as before 99 0 9
£167 17 5
And as the portion of Coronet Street, opposite the Destructor Works and Electric Lighting
Station is proposed to be covered with the slabs made at Hornsey from clinker supplied from
Shoreditch Vestry's works, an examination and comparison of both from time to time would
afford the most practical proof of the advantages or otherwise by their use as paving material.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
J. RUSH DIXON, .4ssoc. M. Inst. C.E.
Surveyor to the Vestry.