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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Martin-in-the-Fields 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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| £ | t. | d. | £ | t. | d.. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward The average cost of Charing Cross, Duncannon Street, Pall Mall East, North Side of Trafalgar Square, and Whitehall, upon which Guernsey granite has been used, has been 3s. 0½. per superficial yard. | 3,225 | 9 | 5 |
STREET CLEANSING AND dusting.
| The street sweeping has been done by labourers in the employ of the Vestry, and the cartage, &c., by contract to the 18th February last, since which the sweeping, as well as the cartage, has been executed by contract. The removal of dust and ashes has also been performed by contract | 2,063 | 5 | 6 | |||
| The cost of clearing away snow, and spreading sand on the roads | 206 | : 18 | 6 | |||
| 2,270 | 4 | 0 | ||||
extension of iiart street.
The following works in the formation of this street have
been carried oat by the Vestry, and the cost has been
defrayed by the owners of the properties abutting thereon.
street lighting.
Pour additional lamps (one with two burners) have been lighted, and one discontinued during the past year. The total number of public lights at present is 649, of which 611 are lighted by the Equitable Gas Company,'and 38 by the London G-as Company.
| The cost of supply of gas at £3 10s. each light per annum | 2,270 | 15 | 7 | |||
| New lanterns | 32 | 2 | 0 | |||
| New lamp complete in Eefuge at Charing Cross | 18 | 18 | 6 | |||
| Sundry repairs and alterations to lamos | 11 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2,333 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Carried forward | 7,828 | 15 | 7 | |||