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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
Bethnal Green 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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Notioe was given by the Inspector to the Gas Light and Coke Company,
that it was the intention of the Company to repair the trenches opened
by that Company; but the Vestry determined to act upon its undoubted
right to do the work. The Company then insisted that if the work of
repairing the surface of foot and carriageways was done by the Vestry,
the Vestry should also fill in the ground removed by the Company's
workmen for the purpose of laying mains or service pipes. The work of
filling in each opening made by this Company is still carried on, though
at some considerable inconvenience to both the Vestry and the Company.
LIGHTING.
The public lamps in Cambridge road have been re-arranged at an
average distance of 150 ft., in accordance with a plan prepared.
The price of gas supplied by the Gas Light and Coke Company has
been reduced from the Christmas quarter from 3s. 4d. to 3s. 2d. per
thousand cubic; and a proportionate reduction has been made in the
price paid for lighting public lamps.
The Commercial Gas Company have reduced the price of lamps lighted
by them Is. per lamp per annum.
The amount paid to the Gas Light and Coke Company for gas supplied
to 824 public lamps, including repairs to lamps; the lighting of St. John's
Church clock, for Mortuary and Hall and offices amounts to £3629 16s. 4d.
The amount paid to the Commercial Gas Company for gas supplied to 77
public lamps was £320 14s. 5d.
New Lamps have been erected as under:—
Column lamp, Peacock place Column lamp, Viaduct street
Do. Thoydon road Do. Gosset street
Do. Corfield street (2) Do. Old Ford road (2)
Do. Fleet street Do. Green street
Do. Russia lane Do. Corfield street
The public Lamps in the following streets have been fitted with
burners consuming four cubic feet per hour:—
Martha court Corfield street
Mace street Ainsley street
Robinson road Grove road (5)
Lark row (2) Gale's gardens (2)
Hare row Abingdon street
Claremont street Cleveland street
The paving works referred to in my previous report have been satisfactorily carried out by Mr. Griffiths. I give hereunder a list of the streets paved, and the cost of executing the work:—
| Name of Street. | Material used. | Cost. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Columbia road, from Hackney road to | 3 in. by 7 in. pitching, with 4 in. by 7 in. channels | 3075 | 15 | 9 |
| London street, Brady street | Do | 675 | 12 | 3 |
| Brady Street | Do | 213 | 3 | 8 |
| Three Colts Lane | Do | 2349 | 2 | 0 |
| Cleveland street | Do | 885 | 14 | 9 |
| Devonshire street | Do | 389 | 14 | 0 |
| Bacon Street | Do | 355 | 16 | 4 |
| James street, Green street | Do | 1170 | 11 | 3 |
| The Broadway, i. e., the ends of Columbia road, Hassard street, Wellington row, and Gibraltar walk | Do. | 661 | 11 | 10 |
| Gibraltar walk | 4 in. by 4 in. pitchings, with 4 in. by 6 in. channels ........ | 133 | 2 | 11 |
| Vincent street | Do | 285 | 13 | 2 |
| Turville street | Do | 396 | 13 | 5 |
| Half Nichol street | Do | 357 471 | 17 12 | 7 2 |
| New Nichol street | Do | |||
| Old Nichol street | Do | 632 | 3 | 2 |
| New Turville street | Do | 45 | 7 | 3 |
| Nicholl's row | Do | 179 | 18 | 10 |
| Grove road, between the Parks | Patent Victoria stone | 705 | 12 | 5 |
| 12,985 | 2 | 9 | ||