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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
Paddington 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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The Officers of the Vestry are as follow, viz. :—
| Vestry Clerk | Frederick Aveling. | |
| First Assistant | Henry Aveling. | |
| Second ditto | William Davison. | |
| Third ditto | Frederick Wallis. | |
| Medical Officer of Health | John Burdon Sanderson, M.D. | |
| Surveyor | William Merry. | |
| Surveyor's Assistant | Rimell Gadsden. | |
| Assistant Surveyor | George Frederick Stevens. | |
| Clerk of the Yard | James Stevens. | |
| Inspector of Nuisances | Thomas Rowell. | |
| Assistant Overseer | James Pursey. | |
| Collectors | Ward 4 | John Barrable. |
| „ 3 | Robert Jenkins. | |
| „2 | John Gordon. | |
| „ 1 | Robert Cheadle. | |
| Vestry Hall Keeper | Samuel Hardy. | |
| Engine Keepers | George Fleming. | |
| Thomas Wilson. | ||
| Thomas Southern. | ||
| Beadles | James Gill. | |
| Joseph Drake. | ||
| William Porter. | ||
The following Contracts have been entered into—
| Mr. Crockett | for General Sewers Work | at Sixteen per cent. below the detailed Schedule Prices. |
| Ditto | for constructing Brick Sewer in Cornwall Road | £397. |
| Ditto | for constructing Brick Sewer in Cambridge Street, Oxford Square and Streets adjacent | £1180. |
| Mr. Manuelle | for Guernsey Granite | 15s. lld. per cub. yard (broken.) l1s. 3d. per Ton (unbroken.) |
| Ditto | for Guernsey Granite (broken) | 18s. 3d. per cub. yard. |
| Mr. Curnock | for Flints | 8s. 2d. per Ton. |
| Mr. Darke | for Watering the Roads (A District) | £434. |
| Mr. Ferguson | for ditto (B District) | £990. |
| Ditto | for Cleansing the Streets | £1948. |
| Messrs. Mowlem and Co. | for Paving | as per detailed Schedule. |
| Mrs. Curnock | for Carting Materials | 8½d. per ton. |
| Ditto | for Day Work | 8s. 8d. per day. |
| Mr. Newell | for Sifted Gravel | 2s. 9½d. per ton. |
| Ditto | for Unsifted Gravel | 2s. 4½d. „ |
| Mr. Billiter | for removing Dust & Ashes | the Contractor to pay £ 510. |
| Messrs. Mc Lennan and Bird | for Works at the Vestry Hall. | £388. |
| Mr. Manning | for General Sewers Works | at Seventeen per cent. below the detailed Schedule prices. |