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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
Mile End 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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The following is a Table of the cost of Road Materials used in the roads of the Hamlet, since January, 1856.
| Year ending 1857. | Year ending 1864. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 2745 yards of gravel | 702 | 4 | 0 | 759 yards of gravel | 19 | 0 | |
| 1847 ,, flints | 637 | 15 | 0 | 1301 ,, ragstone | 379 | 8 | 10 |
| 1059 „ granite | 904 | 12 | 6 | 2248 ,, granite | 1451 | 16 | 8 |
| 81 ,, spauls | 18 | 4 | 6 | 665 ,, ,, from Whtechpl. rd. | 133 | 0 | 0 |
| £2262 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| 13 ,, spauls | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Year ending 1858. | £2007 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| £ | s. | d | Year ending 1865. | ||||
| 2152 yards of gravel | 476 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| 2466 „ granite | 1646 | 7 | 4 | £ | s. | d | |
| 70 „ spauls | 15 | 15 | 0 | 301 yards of gravel | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| 974 ,, ragstone | 275 | 19 | 4 | ||||
| £2138 | 10 | 10 | 1857 „ granite | 1168 | 7 | 3 | |
| Year ending 1859. | £1461 | 11 | 7 | ||||
| Year ending 1866. | |||||||
| £ | S. | d | |||||
| 657 yards of gravel | 83 | 10 | 0 | £ | s. | d | |
| 885 „ ragstone | 221 | 7 | 6 | 954 yards of gravel | 71 | 11 | 0 |
| 752 „ granite | 495 | 11 | 0 | 1448 „ ragstone | 410 | 5 | 4 |
| 1070 „ spauls | 341 | 18 | 8 | 1559 ,, granite | 1006 | 17 | 1 |
| £1142 | 7 | 2 | £1488 | 13 | 5 | ||
| Year ending 1860. | Year ending 1867. | ||||||
| £ | s. | d | |||||
| £ | s. | d. | 1172 yards of gravel .......... | .. 168 | 12 | ft | |
| 1792 yards og gravel | 140 | 18 | 7½ | 1026 „ ragstone ....... | .. 307 | 16 | 0 |
| 547 „ ragstone | 150 | 8 | 6 | 2297 „ granite........ | .1500 | 9 | 6 |
| 1136½ „ granite | 665 | 19 | 8 | 27 spauls ......... | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 613 ,, China ballast | 229 | 17 | 6 | £1986 | 6 | 6 | |
| £1187 | 4 | 3½ | |||||
| Year ending 1861. | Year ending 1868. | ||||||
| £ | s. | d | |||||
| £ | s. | d. | 2815 yards of gravel | 344 | 17 | 0 | |
| 370 yards of gravel | ... 18 | 14 | 8 | 3483½ ,, granite | 2612 | 5 | 0 |
| 1131 „ ragstone | 336 | 12 | 10½ | £2957 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1249 ,, granite | 780 | 3 | 3½ | ||||
| 632 ,, China ballast | 171 | 1 | 4 | Year ending 1869. | |||
| £1306 | 12 | 2 | £ | s. | d | ||
| Year ending 1862. | 1714 yards of gravel | 299 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2431 „ granite | 0 | 0 | |||||
| £ | s. | d | £2082 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 942 yards of gravel | 69 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| 1378 ,, ragstone | 391 | 0 | 0 | Year ending 1870. | |||
| 1609 ,, granite | 1060 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| 282 ,, spauls | 80 | 2 | 6 | £ | s. | d. | |
| 892 yards of gravel | 170 | 19 | 4 | ||||
| £1600 | 19 | 8 | 2616 „ granite | 1569 | 12 | 0 | |
| 128 ,, Port Philip | 29 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Year ending 1863. | £1769 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| £ | s. | d | Year ending 1871. | ||||
| 1318 yards of gravel | 43 | 19 | 1 | ||||
| 1622 ,, ragstone | 476 | 7 | 6 | £ | s. | d | |
| 1593 ,, granite | 923 | 16 | 3 | 1616 yards of gravel | 296 | 5 | 4 |
| 155 „ spauls | 54 | 5 | 0 | 2127 ,, granite | 1524 | 7 | 0 |
| £1498 | 7 | 10 | £1820 | 12 | 4 | ||