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Lewisham 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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The Carriageways of Lowell Street, Aston Street, Maroon
Street Burdett Road and St Paul's Road. Limehouse. and Hardinge
Street, York Street East. Henry Street, Raby Street. and Spring
Garden Place, Ratcliff, have been made up with broken Guernsey
granite, and rolled with the Steam Roller.
Parts of the Carriageways of the following streets have been
made good with stone chippings, viz:- Samuel. Street, Conder
Street, Taylor's Place, Repton Street. Brenton Street, Locksley
Street, and Endive Street, Limehouse, and James Street and
Raby Street, Ratcliff.
The defective parts of the Carriageways in Anchor Street, Dora
Street, and Dalgleish Street, Limehouse, and Walter Street and
Spring Garden Place, Ratcliff, have been made good with ballast.
NEW CARRIAGE CROSSINGS.
New Carriage Crossings have been formal at the entrance to
the following premises at the cost of the person requiring the same,
viz. :—
A new Carriage Crossing has been formed at the entrance to
No. 307, Burdett Road.
The position of the Carriage Crossing in Butcher Row, Ratcliff,
at the entrance to Messrs. Batger's premises has been altered.
The position of the carriage crossing in Medland Street, Ratcliff,
at the entrance to Messrs. Walker and Harrison's Biscuit Factory,
has been altered in consequence of the rebuilding of the premises.
A new carriage crossing has been formed at the entrance to
No. 4, Stepney Causeway.
PUBLIC URINALS.
The number of Public Urinals in the District is 21.
The Urinals in the District are flushed and cleansed three
times each day and oftener if required in hot weather, bv men in
the Board with water supplied by the East London
Water Works Company.
A new slate slab has been fixed in the Urinal at Wapping New
stairs an one of the slabs in the Urinal at Wapping Dock Stairs
has been repaired.