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Mile End 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]

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The following are the quantities of work executed in
the Commercial and Mile End Roads.
Commercial Road.
The work in this road was executed under contract
withMessrs. Mowlen, Freeman & Burt.
60627/9 yds. super. carriageway
re-laid and grouted.
1572 yards super. carriageway
re-laid and grouted in one stone
channel.
3547/9 yards super. carriageway
dressed, re-laid, and grouted.
10,5866/9yards super. new 4 by 7
granite pitching with Sin. channels
supplied, laid, and grouted.
67½ yds. cube Portland cement
concrete.
111 ft. 6 in. new 3 in. York
paving, squared and laid.
4,414 ft. super. footway re-laid.
635 ft. run kerb re-set.
Mile End Road.
The work in this road was executed under contract
by Mr. J. J. Griffiths.
15,1481/3 yards of new 4 by 7
pitching, laid and grouted.
4,056 yards of new 3 by 7
pitching, laid and grouted.
788 yards of new 5 by 7
pitching, for channels, laid and
grouted.
4091/9 yards of new 4 by 7
stones, in crossings.
637/9 yards of new 3 by 3 pitchings,
laid and grouted.
13,719 yards of carriageway
re-laid and grouted.
3,429 yards super. re-dressed
and squaring pitchings.
2,843 yards cube of Lime
foundations.
75 yards cube of McAdam
road, sifted and carted to Mile
End Road, and filled in for raisingcarriageway.
4,904 ft. super. new 2½ inch
paving re-laid.
1,861 ft. run new Guernsey
edge kerb fixed, straight and
circular.
35,650 ft. 9 in. super. York
paving, squared and re-laid.
5,045 ft. 10 in. run curb re-set.