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 St James's, Westminster]
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GENERAL WORKS
EXECUTED BY
SITUATION. | DESCRIPTION OF WORK. | AMOUNT EXPENDED | |||||
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PAVING WORKS. | £ | S. | d. | £ | S. | d. | |
1,785 openings made good after Gas and Water Companies, Post Office, and other unavoidable interferences with the surface, the cost of which is reimbursed to the Vestry. | |||||||
The quantities amount to— | |||||||
Pitching Paving 3,730 yards super | |||||||
Macadam 1,200 do. | |||||||
Wood 120 do. | |||||||
Footway 10,000 feet super. | |||||||
Asphalte — Practically nil, included in footways. | |||||||
15 openings made good after disturbance by private individuals after Hoardings. Re-constructing vaults, the cost of which is also paid by those who disturb the same under licence from the Vestry. | |||||||
Regent Street, Waterloo Place, and Pall Mall | Relaid with Wood in place of Macadam | ... | 5,601 | 2 | 8 | ||
Regent Street | Making good Wood Paving after Electric Light Company | 34 | 12 | 2 | |||
Piccadilly | Repairs to Wood Paving | 58 | 1 | 4 | |||
Pall Mall | Do. do. | 121 | 19 | 6 | |||
214 | 13 | 0 | |||||
Repaid to Vestry | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||
179 | 13 | 0 | |||||
STREET REFUGES. | |||||||
Piccadilly, by Haymarket | New Refuge erected, including Lamp and Pit for Meter | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||
Regent Street, by Jermyn Street | Do. do. | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||
Painting do. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
61 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total | ... | 5,841 | 15 | 8 |