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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

Clerkenwell 1896

Forty-first annual report of the Vestry of the Parish of St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell for the year 1896-97

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St. James' Churchyard, Clerkenwell.—The Tar
paving in this Churchyard was taken up, and the
footpaths paved with Granolithic paving.

Table: JOBBING WORKS.For the maintenance and general repairs of the carriageways and footways of the Parish, the following materials were used:-

JOBBING WORKS.

For the maintenance and general repairs of the carriageways and footways of the Parish, the following materials were used:-

Thames Ballast168 cube yards
Pit „40 „
Hoggin403 „
Thames Sand40 „
Pit Sand286 „
Thames Shingle471 „
Brick rubbish for Hardcore from Contractor99 „
Ditto from Depot2 „
Broken Granite from Contractor466 „
Stone broken by own men (pebbles, old granite cubes, and chippings)277 „
York do.287 „
5 yds. cube shell ballast
656 lds. ground carted away

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28,946 feet super, new York paving were laid
(Of which 497 feet were for the various Companies).