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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 Giles (Camden) 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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The macadamized roads in the District were recoated
with broken granite, a steam roller being used to level the
surface.
The Holborn Restaurant, Limited, having extended its
premises and formed a new Hall with entrance from Newton
Street, requested the Board to widen the carriageway of
that thoroughfare so as to allow three vehicles to pass at a
time. The carriageway of the said street being in bad repair
and needing relay, the Board assented to the request,
and the carriageway, which before the alteration varied from
15 feet 10 inches to 16 feet 3 inches, was made of an
average width of 19 feet, this being done by setting back
the footways on each side to a small extent. The Holborn
Restaurant contributed £100 towards the cost of the work.
Footways.
| Situation. | Description of Paving. | Net Cost. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bury Street, from New Oxford Street to Hart Street | Repairs to Yorkshire stone footway and new granite kerb... | £ | s. | d. |
| 100 | 17 | 4 | ||
| Great Coram Street, from Little Coram Street to Kenton Street ... | New 3-in. Yorkshire stone flagging and repairs to granite kerb | 168 | 18 | 10 |
| Parker Street, from Newton Street to Little Queen Street ... | do. do. do. | 69 | 17 | 5 |
| Streatham Street, from Bloomsbury Street to Dyott Street | do. do. do. | 41 | 5 | 10 |