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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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. |
The whole of the wood paving in Little Argyll Street
has been taken up, turned over, and re-laid by men in the
employ of your Vestry. All defective wood blocks were
replaced with new.
WOOD PAVING
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 | 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 |