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Lewisham 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Street, Nightingale Lane, Mill Place, Narrow Street, Dixon Street,
North Street, Lee Street, Silver Street, Manning Street and Repton
Street.
Ratcliff.—Parts of Broad Street, Steels Lane, Horseferry
Branch Road, Narrow Street, White Horse Street, Horseferry Road
and Salmon Lane.
Shadwell.—Parts of High Street, Coleman Street, Juniper
Street and Wapping Wall
Wapping —Parts of St George Street and High Street.
New Carriageway paving has been laid down as follows
Limehouse.—The Carriageway at the East end of Northey
Street has been taken up and relaid.
The Carriageway of White Horse Street, from Salmon Lane to
Ben Jonson Road, has been taken up, redressed and relaid, and
repaved with 3 by 7 second hand pitching, where required to
replace defective and worn paving.
The Carriageway at the north-end of Church Row haa been
repaved with new wood blocks, and a small portion previously paved
with wood has been paved with second hand 3 by 6 pitching.
Shad well.—The Curriageway of the thoroughfare leading
from Wapping Wall to Coleman Street has been paved with secondhand
3 by 7 pitching.
WOOD PAVING.
The Carriageway of Commercial Road, opposite the Town Hall,
has been repaved with new wood blocks.
TAR PAVING.
1 he Footway in Twine Court, Shadwell, in front of the newlyerected
houses has been paved with tar paving.