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St Giles (Camden) 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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54
Main Roads,
By the Local Government (England and Wales) Act,
1888, which constituted the London County Council, it was
provided that every road in a County, which is for the time
being a main road within the meaning of the Highways and
Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878, should be wholly
maintained and repaired by the County Council and charged
to the General County Account, and the Act provided that
any Local Authority might claim to retain the powers and
duties of maintaining such main roads, the County Council
making the Local Authority an annual payment for their
maintenance and repair.
Your Board accordingly made application in November, 1889, to the London County Council, for a contribution towards the cost of maintaining and repairing certain roads in the District, which, in your opinion, were main roads within the meaning of the Act, the said roads being as follows:—
| Feet. | Feet. | |
|---|---|---|
| Tottenham Court Road ... | 1,186 | |
| High Holborn ... ...... | 1,608 | |
| New Oxford Street | 1,715 | |
| Broad Street | 466 | |
| Shaftesbury Avenue | 1,465 | |
| Charing Cross Road | 800 | |
| Cambridge Circus | - | |
| High Street | 821 | |
| Great St. Andrew Street | 412 | |
| Seven Dials | 93 | |
| Little St. Andrew Street to Boundary of District | 346 | |
| - | 851 | |
| Great Queen Street | 930 | |
| Little Queen Street | 474 |