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St James's 1895

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

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86
Twelve hundred and fifty-seven openings have been
made by the Gas, Water, Electric Light, Hydraulic Power
and Telephone Companies, and the Post Office, the areas
disturbed being:—
Pitching
588½ yards super.
Macadam
739 do.
Wood
645 do.
Asphalte (carriageway)
620 do.
Asphalte (footway)
4½ do.
Footway
20,081 feet super.
Kerb
128 feet run.
New York Stone
1,981 feet super.
Plug Boxes, &c.
41 let into pavement.
These surfaces were made good at the expense of the
Companies, the total amount chargeable to them for the
year being £1,538 12s. 1d.
REPAIRS TO STREETS.
The cost of the General Repairs, &c., to streets, executed
by men in the employ of your Vestry, was as follows:—
£
s.
d.
Air Street
3
12
8
Albany Court Yard
0
14
3
Argyll Street
2
18
2
Arundell Street
0
8
7
liabilities Mews
0
2
7
Beak Street
18
13
3
Berwick Street
9
11
5
Brewer Street
8
1
5
Bridle Lane
17
1
8
Broad Street
5
7
7
Burlington Street (New)
26
3
4
Burlington Street (Old
24
10
11
Burlington Gardens
13
4
2
Bury Street
44
3
10
Carlton Gardens
21
19
2