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Bethnal Green 1888

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

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PAVING WORKS.
Law franc road.
The unpaved footway in front of three houses in
Lawfranc road has been paved with York paving.
Hare street.
The carriageway of Hare street has been taken up
and a bed of 9 inches of concrete been laid in, and the
pitchings redressed and relaid—the deficiency being
made up with stone from stock. While this work was
in progress an improved approach was made to the
footbridge, at Three Colt Corner, the cost of the whole
being £1,013 18s. 5d.
Kay street
The steep portion of the roadway of Kay street, in
front of the United Radical Club premises, was paved,
jointly at the expense of this Vestry and the Vestry of
Shoreditch, and the gradient improved, the cost to the
Bethnal Green Parish being £21 5s. 9d.
Whitechapel
road.
The carriageway on the South side of Whitechapel
road was relaid at a cost of £84 7s. 5d., of which amount
£18 4s. Od. will be repaid to this Vestry by the Vestry
of Mile End.
H ickney road.
The carriageway of Hackney road at its junction with
Goldsmiths' row was relaid at a cost of £19 3s. 8d.;
also several crossings between Hassard street and
Shoreditch Church were relaid at a cost of £10 8s. 5d.
Virginia road.
The repaving of the carriageway, and the formation
of a new footway, at the junction of Virginia road and
Gascoyne place was carried out at a cost of £126 3s. 9d.
Violet row.
The carriageway of Violet row (Green street) was
paved with pitchings from stock at a cost of £32 5s. 8d.
Old Ford road.
The railings surrounding the large lamp at the
junction of Old Ford road, St. James'road and Bonner
road were removed and a paved "rest" constructed
and protected with guard posts.