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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||