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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
Shoreditch 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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The footway paving in the following streets is in bad condition, and should
be re-paved:—
| Allerton Street | Forston Street |
| Bacchus Walk (portion of) | Hackney Road (portions of) |
| Bracklyn Street | Holms Street |
| Britannia Street | Hows Street |
| Catherine Street | Huntingdon Street |
| Cavendish Street | Ivy Street |
| Clifton Street (portion of) | Kingsland Road (portions of) |
| Crondall Street (portion of) | Laburnum Street |
| Curtain Road (portion of) | Mintern Street (portion of) |
| Custance Street | Rushton Street |
| Dunston Street | Upper John Street |
| Fellows Street | Whiston Street/(portions of) |
The carriageway or channel paving in the following streets is in an unsatisfactory condition, and should be repaired :—
| Aske Street macadam | Ivy Street setts |
| Bevenden Street setts | Laburnum Street „ |
| Britannia Street „ | Marlborough Road macadam |
| Brougham Road macadam | Mill Row ,, |
| Buttesland Street ,, | Murray Street setts |
| Catherine Street setts | New North Road „ |
| Great Eastern Street „ | Old Street (portion) „ |
| Hoxton Square pebbles | Shrubland Road macadam |
CUSTANCE STREET.
The extension of above through into Murray Street, and the abolition of the
objectionable passageway known as Princess Alice Passage, is in progress, and will be
formally opened to the public by the Chairman of the Works Committee on the
24th April, 1898.
HYDRAULIC MAINS AND CONNECTIONS.
The applications to lay hydraulic mains have been few, and the desire for
connections to the existing mains has fallen off. The Vestry agreed to grant certain
applications conditionally on compliance with the terms embodied in the agreement
with the Hydraulic Power Company.