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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
St James's 1896
Report for the year 1896 made to the Vestry of Saint James's, Westminster
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In connection with the repaying of Piccadilly, the footway
paving surrounding the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain
w7as very much curtailed in extent and altered in shape
and the positions of the adjacent small refuges moved to
facilitate the vehicular traffic. The carriageway between
the Fountain and the Piccadilly Lavatories, &c., was also
raised at one point as much as 19 inches, the camber of the
road reduced from 20 inches to 7½ inches, and the second
step round the Lavatories entirely removed.
ASPHALTE.
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| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 518 | 12 | 8 |
| Market Street | 2 | 17 | 2 |
| Marlborough Bow ... | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| Marlborough Street (Great) | 25 | 13 | 2 |
| Marshall Street | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Mason's Yard | 10 | 19 | 3 |
| Norris Street | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Ormond Yard | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Pall Mall | 23 | 0 | 10 |
| Pall Mall Place | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| Park Place | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| Peter Street | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Piccadilly Circus | 806 | 19 | 4 |
| Piccadilly | 56 | 8 | 0 |
| Poland Street | 0 | 19 | 10 |
| Pulteney Street (Little) | 2 | 11 | 4 |
| Pulteney Street (Great) | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Regent Street | 33 | 8 | 11 |
| Rose and Crown Yard | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Rupert Street | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Ryder Street | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| Sackville Street | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| St. James's Market | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| St. James's Place | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| St. James's Square | 189 | 0 | 6 |
| St. James's Street | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| St. James's Street (Little) | i | 9 | 0 |
| Savile Place | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Savile Row | 26 | 14 | |
| Shaftesbury Avenue | 18 | 6 | 8 |
| Sherwood Street | 1 | 16 | 10 |
| Swallow Street | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Vigo Street | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Vine Street | 0 | 7 | |
| Walker's Court | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Wardour Street | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Warwick Street (Regent Street) | 33 | 9 | 11 |
| Carried forward | 1,804 | 16 |
In addition to the above, strips of Asphalte were laid in
the carriageways of St. James's Square (opposite the
Sports Club), Bury Street (opposite the " George " publichouse),
and York Street (opposite the "Red Lion " publichouse)
; the footway round the Shaftesbury Memorial