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Bethnal Green 1889

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

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The footways in Anglesea Street, Clarence Street,
and on the South side of Selby Street were paved with
Victoria paving at a cost of £250 l6s., the footway on
tho North side of Selby Street being paved by the
Vestry's workmen with old York paving removed from
tho other streets.
The wood paving in Bishop's Road in front of the
workhouse, which was laid in 1883, beginning to shew
signs of decay and some dangerous holes appearing,
some repairs were earned out at a cost of £13 13s. 7d.
The paving of the carriageway at Prince's Court has
been carried out with 4-inch pi tellings on six inches of
concrete, at a cost of £244 10s. 2d., the repaving of the
footways being done by the Vestry's workmen.
Part of the carriageway paving under the railway
arch crossing Nottingham Street was relaid at a cost of
£31 5s. 9d.
The whole surface of the Eastern portion of Cooper's
Gardens has been paved with concrete paving at a cost
of £95 13s. 2d.
The yard surrounding the disinfecting house at
Digby Street Yard has been paved with conerete paving
at a cost of £36 14s.
The carriageway of Boundary Street, which is
divided longitudinally between Shoreditch and Bethnal
Green, being in very bad condition, a communication
was received from the Shoreditch Vestry, calling
attention to the matter, and asking that some arrangement
should be made for re-paving it. On the
recommendation of the Works Committee, the Vestry
resolved "that the carriageway of Boundary Street bo
"re-paved with 3-inch by 7-inch pitchings on nine inches
"of concrete, the Bethnal Green Vestry to pay the
"contractor for so much of the work as is in Bethnal
Anglesea
Street
Selby Street
Clarence Street
Bishop's Road
Prince's Court
Nottingham
Street
Cooper's
Gardens
Digby Street
Yard
Boundary
Street