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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WOOD PAYING
Has been laid in the following streets:—
Name of Street.
Part of Street
Paved.
Date
when
Paved.
Area of
Wood
Paving
in yards
super.
Cost
per
yard
super.
Previous
Paving.
Description of
Paving and Name of
Contractor.
CharlesStreet
BetweenHaymarket
and
Regent St.
Aug.
1259 2/3
7/3
Macadam
6in. yellow deal
blocks on 6in. of
Portland cement
concrete. The Improved
Wood Pavement
Company.
George Street
Whole
Sept.
252
7/11
Pitching
Same as above. The
Vestry.
Hill's Place
Whole
Nov.
233 5/9
5/1 1/4
Pitching
Old pitch - pine
blocks on 6in.
Portland cement
concrete. The
Vestry.
Pall Mall*
Between St.
James's St.
and Waterloo
Place
Sept.
and
Oct.
6565½
5/6
Wood
6in. yellow deal
blocks on old
foundation.
Messrs. Muldoon
Bros.
Ryder Street†
Whole
Aug.
836 8/9
7/3
Pitching
Same as Charles St.
The Improved
Wood Pavement
Company.
REPAIRS TO WOOD PAVING.
Laid in the Parish in former years were carried out as
occasion required, and amount to—
£
s.
d.
Charles Street
1
17
0
Pall Mall
22
2
9
Piccadilly
107
6
5
Regent Street
469
0
3
£600
6
5
* 1s. per sq. yard allowed for old wood paving
† 1s. 3d. per sq. yard allowed for old pitching.