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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 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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| By Contract. | By Vestry's Workmen. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |||||
| Brought forward | 204 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Duke Street | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Duncannon Street | 12 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Durham Street | 7 | 6 | ||||
| Eagle Court | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Exeter Street | 7 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Green Street | 25 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 |
| Garrick Street | 1 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Goodwin's Court | 7 | 6 | ||||
| Haymarket | 13 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Hanover Court | 6 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Hart Street | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Hop Gardens | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Heathcock Court | 5 | 9 | ||||
| James Street, Haymarket | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||
| John Street | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| King William Street | 84 | 12 | 2* | i | ||
| Leicester Square | 33 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 1 | |
| Long's Court | 1 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Langley Street | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Langley Court | 17 | 5 | ||||
| Long Acre | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |
| Lumley Court | 3 | 1 | ||||
| May's Buildings | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Marquis Court | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Northumberland Avenue | 330 | 7 | 10† | |||
| Northumberland Street | 11 | 0 | ||||
| New Street | 10 | 6 | ||||
| New Exchange Court | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Orange Street | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 |
| Oxendon Street | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Pall Mall East | 25 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Panton Street | 17 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Princes Court | 15 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Bed Lion Court | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Rose Street | 11 | 0 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Russell Street | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Russell Court | 4 | 11 | ||||
| Scotland Yard | 11 | 5 | ||||
| Spring Gardens | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | |
| Carried forward | 821 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 8 |
| *Annual cost of maintenance, £71 13s., by Improved Wood Pavement Company, is included. †Annual cost of maintenance, £309 1s., 9d. by Improved Wood Pavement Company, is included. | ||||||
Plant.
Eight Slop and Dust Vans at £43 10s. 0d £348 0 0
Six orderly men are employed in place of 14 orderly boys,
who were found to be incompetent, in collecting horse droppings
from the surface of the wood pavements, which have also been washed when necessary.
The footways in front of vacant spaces
have been swept and cleansed by the parish labourers.
The cost of this work has been:—
£
s.
d.
Labour
336
7
8
Horse hire (washing)
43
19
0
Brooms, Scrapers, &c.
20
2
0
£400
8
8
BALLASTING STREETS.
The cost of spreading ballast upon the surface of carriageways,
to prevent slipperiness, has been, for-
£
s.
d.
Labour
64
14
2
Ballast (247 yards)
71
14
0
£136
8
2