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Rotherhithe 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]

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42
Redressed granite pitching 295 yds. supl.
Wood paving relaid 340 „ „
Lias lime concrete 6 inches thick under pitching
in sewer trenches 210 „ „
Do. do. 12 inches thick 33 „ „
Portland cement concrete 6 inches thick under
wood paving in sewer trenches 3½ „ „
New wood paving laid No. 4342 wood blocks
1½ inch asphalte on 6 inch concrete 11 yds. supl.
Ground excavated and carted away for concrete
space under pitching, (fee 47 „ cube.
The above works do not include work done in restoration
after Gas, Water, Electric Light, and other companies' trenches,
nor the work executed under the head of " Estimated Works."
The amounts received for reinstating footway and carriageway
trenches after openings made by Water, Gas, Electric
Light and other Companies, are as follows:—
£
s.
d.
South Metropolitan Gas Company
431
5
3
London Electric Supply Corporation
340
6
6
Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company
115
17
8
Lambeth Water Company
56
8
2
Hydraulic Power Company
42
1
4
City of London Electric Lighting Company
29
9
4
National Telephone Company
14
4
5
Post Office Telegraphs
9
12
7
Sale of old stone, &c
61
0
11
£1,100
6
2
The quantity of ballast used on the Bridge Inclines, Wood
Paving, &c., for the year was 1,247 yards cube, which cost,
including spreading, £353 6s. 4d.
BOARD'S WORKMEN.
Surveyor's Department.
The rate of wages paid to the workmen in the employ of
the Board is as follows:—
Paving Foreman 60s. per week.
Masons 9½d. per hour.
Paviors 9½d.
Rammermen 7½d. „
Labourers 6½d. „