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St Giles (Camden) 1890

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

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Footways.

Situation.Description of Paving.Net Cost.
Clarke's Buildings, HighRepairs to york stone flag£8.d.
Streetging and granite kerb771011
Great Earl Street, south sidedo. do.57134
Marchmont Street, east and west sidesNew 3-in. york stone flagging and repairs to granite kerb238189
Tottenham Court Road, east side, from Store Street to boundary of St. Giles DistrictRepairs to york stone flagging and granite kerb29750
Keppel Street, north side¾in. mastic asphalte on existing concrete foundation92102
Woburn Place, east sidedo. do.159110
Nottingham Court and Little Nottingham Court1-in. compressed asphalte on 3-in. Portland cement concrete143310

The following macadamized roads were re-coated with
broken granite, a steam roller seven tons in weight being
afterwards used to level the surface :—
Alfred Place.
Bedford Square.
Bernard Street
Brunswick Square.
Chenies Street.
Marchmont Street.
Russell Square.
Upper Bedford Place.
Upper Montague Street.
Maintenance of Asphalte and Wood Carriage-way
Pavements.
During the year the question of the future maintenance
of those asphalte pavements whose free maintenance were
nearing expiration was considered by the Board, who
resolved to call upon the respective Asphalte Companies to
maintain the said pavements for a farther period of fifteen
years. The following is a list of them, with the amount
to be paid the companies in respect of the same.