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St James's 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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Table: GENERAL WORKS, &c.,EXECUTED BYThe Vestry of St. James's, Westminster, from 25th March, 1880,to 25th March, 1881.

GENERAL WORKS, &c.,

EXECUTED BY

The Vestry of St. James's, Westminster, from 25th March, 1880,to 25th March, 1881.

Situation.Description of Work.Amount Expended.
£s.d.£s.d.
PAVING WORKS.
Generally.1446 Openings made good, after the various Companies that are empowered to do so, the quantities of work so executed amounting to about— 1,650 yards superficial, Pitching 120 ditto McAdam 20 ditto Wood 1,200 feet superficial . Footway
The cost of this is re-imbursed to the Vestry by the several Companies or those for whom it is done
Regent Street from Oxford Street to PiccadillyRemoving McAdam and substituting Wood as a material for the Roadway8437137
Pickering Place, St. James's StreetAlterations to Entrance, substituting New Floor1577
FOOT PASSENGER REFUGES CONSTRUCTED.
Pall MallNew Foot Passenger Refuge as originally constructed23100
PiccadillyFour New Posts and Fixing .1200
Regent Street by Oxford StreetRefuge and existing Lamp removed 30 feet southward150050100
See list as to Paving amounting to £28 11s. 4d.
Little Pulteney Street.Repairs to Wood Paving10(
Argyll StreetDitto ditto15(
5150
REPAIRS TO STREETS.
Air StreetMcAdam and Carriageway1394
Archer StreetFootways047
Argyll StreetFootways0162
Argyll Street, LittleMcAdam136
Bury StreetCarriageway and Footway500
Burlington Mews, OldCarriageway114
Burlington GardensMcAdam and Footway0194
Burlington Street, NewMcAdam and Footway184
2427
Carried forward853389