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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1861
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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WATERING STREETS.
The following shows the expenditure for the year. Mr. Eas ton has been the contractor for the supply of carts and
horse-power.
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carts, horses, and men spreading water on streets, &c., about 170 days (Mr. Easton) | 477 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Supply of water from Orange Street Works (Her Ma-jesty's Commissioners of Works and Buildings) | 127 | 6 | 8 | |||
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
| Repairs to water post, Charing Cross (Mr. Flood) | - | 8 | 6 | |||
| Ditto, Castle Street, Leicester Square (do.) | - | 3 | 6 | - | 12 | - |
| Parish labourers, attendance to fill water carts at posts | 37 | 14 | 7 | |||
| Ditto, on Sunday mornings | 2 | 12 | 6 | 40 | 7 | 1 |
| Dubbing used for watering how (Mr. Oakley) | - | 4 | - | |||
| 645 | 11 | 3 | ||||
SWEEPING STREETS AND REMOVING DUST.
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carting away slop, &c. from streets, and removing dust from houses (Mr. Easton) | 1,280 | - | - |
| Parish sweepers' wages | 857 | 5 | 9 |
| Brooms, &e. for ditto (Mr. Lewis) | 38 | 19 | — |
| Woollen shirts, jean frocks, and oiled hats for ditto | 12 | 4 | 9 |
| Writing on sweepers' hats (Mr. Kendall) | — | 10 | 6 |
| Paint for marking clothes, and candles | — | 7 | 7 |
| 2,189 | 7 | 7 |
REPAIRS TO PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.
The outlay during the past year has been considerable,
especially as regards the carriage-way paving, a large portion
of the streets having been repaired, the majority of which
have been relaid on concrete substratum, thereby increasing
the expenditure, but considerably contributing to their
stability.
The following shows the several sums expended upon the
principal works:—