Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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The carriageway of Ben Jonson Road has been repaved with
second-hand stone.
The carriageway of part of Stepney Causeway from the Railway
Bridge to Brook Street, has been paved with old stone.
SHADWELL.—The carriageway of King David Lane has been
repaved with second-hand stone.
The carriageway of Dellow Street, partly in this District and
partly in St. George-in-the-East has been paved with new 3 by 7
stone; the work has been carried out by the Vestry of St. Georgein
the-East, and this Board will pay its proportion of the cost.
TAR PAVING.
The unpaved parts of the footways in Spencer Street, Henry
Street, Turner's Road, Clemence Street, Locksley Street, Wallwood
Street, Streatfield Street, Acland Street, Burgess Street, Walker
Street, and St. Paul's Road, have been paved with Tar paving.
LIGHTING.
The number of Public Lamps in the District is as follows, viz.:—
Limehouse 394
Ratcliff 202
Shadwell 140
Wapping 95
831
The above total remains the same as reported at Ladyday,
1887.
In addition to the above lamps, there are two of Bray's Patent
Lamps fixed on the street rests in the Commercial Road, opposite
Gill Street, Lunchouse, and White Horse Street, Ratcliff.
The whole of the lamp posts, columns, and brackets in the
District have been {tainted by the Commercial Gas Company.
MACADAM AND UNPAVED ROADS.
The whole of the Carriageways of the following streets have
been made up with broken Guernsey granite, and rolled with the
Steam Roller, viz. :—Pigott Street, Farrance Street, Stainsby Road,
and Pelling Street, Limehouse.