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St Giles (Camden) 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

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was, on the 11th day of February, 1890, re appointed
Medical Officer of Health on the terms of the above undertaking.
Application has since been made to the London County
Council, and intimation has been received, that from time to
time a moiety of the salary will be repaid to the Board
annually at Michaelmas.
Maintenance of Main Roads.
The Local Government Act, 1888, by the 41st Section,
extended the provisions of the Highways and Locomotives
(Amendment) Act, 1878, with respect to "main roads" to
the Metropolis, and the Board having received a communication
from the London County Council, enquiring whether
they proposed to ask the Council to declare any Streets
within the District to be Main Roads within the meaning of
the Act, the Board, on the 7th November, 1889, transmitted
the following list, at the same time claiming the right of
retaining the powers and duties of maintaining and repairing
the roads, viz. :—
Tottenham Court Road.
High Holborn.
New Oxford Street.
Broad Street.
Shaftesbury Avenue.
Charing Cross Road.
Cambridge Circus.
High Street.
Great St. Andrew Street.
Seven Dials.
Little St. Andrew Street.
Great Queen Street.
Little Queen Street.
Southampton Row.
Russell Square (East Side).
Hart Street.
Bloomsbury Square (South Side).
Vernon Place.
Theobald's Road.
Endell Street.
Bloomsbury Street.
Charlotte Street.
Bedford Square (East Side).
Gower Street.