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St Giles (Camberwell) 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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67
GENERAL REPAIRS TO YORK PAVED
FOOTWAYS AND GRANITE PITCHING.
General, Works. The repairs to Footpaths paved
with York Stone, and the relay of Granite Pitching, has
been executed by the Masons in the Vestry's employ, the
new material being purchased under contract. Numerous
openings have been made by the several Gas and Water
Companies, and the re-instatement of the same has also
been executed by Vestry at the cost of the Companies.
The new material expended incidental to such repairs,
inclusive of paving those portions of land which have been
given up and dedicated to the public, was as follows:—
York Paving 7,880 feet super.
Kerb 1,145 feet run.
Granite Pitching 17¾ tons.
TAR PAVING.
The ordinary repairs to the Tar-paved footpaths of the
Parish have been executed by the Vestry's workmen,
including reinstating Trenches opened by Gas and Water
Companies, &c.
The amount of such work executed during the past
year has been