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St James's 1895

[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:—

Pitching588½ yards super.
Macadam739 do.
Wood645 do.
Asphalte (carriageway)620 do.
Asphalte (footway)4½ do.
Footway20,081 feet super.
Kerb128 feet run.
New York Stone1,981 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 Street3128
Albany Court Yard0143
Argyll Street2182
Arundell Street087
liabilities Mews027
Beak Street18133
Berwick Street9115
Brewer Street815
Bridle Lane1718
Broad Street577
Burlington Street (New)2634
Burlington Street (Old241011
Burlington Gardens1342
Bury Street44310
Carlton Gardens21192