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Bethnal Green 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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The lamp has been removed from Weatherhead gardens.
Gas burners consuming 3 cubic ft. per hour have been put to the
3 lamps on urinal opposite Cambridge Heath Railway Station, in lieu
of the burners consuming 5 cubic ft. per hour.
The price of gas supplied by the Gas Light and Coke Company
has been reduced from the Christmas quarter from 3s. 6d. to 3s. 4d.
per thousand cubic feet, and an adequate reduction has been made in
the price paid for lighting the public lamps.
Several new lamps have been erected in the Columbia-road, near to
the Market, at the cost of the Baroness Burdett Coutts.
The amount paid to the Gas Light and Coke Company for gas
supplied to public lamps and lighting St. John's Church clock,
including repairs, was £3713 17s. 6d.
The amount paid to the Commercial Gas Company for gas supplied
to public lamps, was £350 10s. 7d.
RE-NAMING AND RE-NUMBERING STREETS.
The names and numbers of the following streets have been altered
in accordance with the orders of the Metropolitan Board of Works.

I give below some particulars of the work done for the various Companies:—

Date.CARRIAGEWAYS.FOOTWAYS.Amounts paid.
Grouted and Concrete.Relaid and Grouted.Macadam.Gravel and Pebbles.Relaid.New.Curb.
Yds.Feet.Yds.Feet.Yds.Feet.Yds.Feet.Feet.In.Ft.In.Ft.In.£S.d.
From 1st May, 1879, to 25th March, 1880The Gas Light Coke Compy.512712846252264974100,962452346164161608211
DittoEast London Water Compy.230138364578145637219199489017152
DittoCommercial Gas Compy.217952302278428706176542065310
Totals764617635301079215107,5547561031772618441111