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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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14
White Hart Street.—Footway squared and relaid, channel
refixed 17 0
Sundry repairs to 87 other places 29 15 2
£101 14 1
MACADAMIZED ROADS.
There being considerable traffic on the macadamized roads
in this parish, a large outlay is required to keep them in a
proper state of repair, the total cost of which has been as
follows:—
Broken Guernsey granite— about 995 yards, supplied by
the Contractor 745 8 0
Ballast 1 19 6
Flints 3 18 0
Old stone broken and carted 22 4 8
Contractors Labourers, and use of Picks 16 18 9
Parish Labourers 113 7 6
Repairs to Parish Picks,&c 13 13 4
£917 9 9
The cost of the above repairs upon the principal line of
macadamized roads is herewith divided under the head of
each locality, viz.:—
Charing Cross 303 16 11
Cockspur Street 112 4 3
Duncannon Street 27 17 6
Pall Mall East 20 5 11
St. Martin's Place 35 18 4
Trafalgar Square, North and East sides 102 9 9
Whitehall 207 4 8
Whitehall Place 47 2 8
The other macadamized roads 60 9 9
£917 9 9
SUMMARY.
Public Lights 2264 9 0
Watering the Streets 594 12 4