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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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LIME WHITING COURTS.
The whole of the courts and other passages in the parish have
been limewhited twice, viz.: in the spring and autumn, at a cost of
£30 9s. 8d.
VESTRY HALL.
Six 16-candle power incandescent lights have been fixed in the
Board Room at a cost of £12, the Metropolitan Electric Supply
Company undertaking to supply the electricity at £2 per annum
per lamp.
STREET NAMES.
Thirty street name plates have been fixed during the year in
twenty streets, at a cost of £15 8s. 8d.
TREES—CHARING CROSS ROAD.
Fifteen new trees were planted in the above road to replace
those which have died, at a cost of £17 10s. 0d.
HYDE PARK CORNER ROADS.
The amount paid to the Vestry of St. George, Hanover Square,
for this Vestry's share of the cost of maintaining the above roads
(viz.: one-third of the total cost as provided in the hyde Park
Maintenance Act, 1887), was £319 9s. 7d. for the year ending Lady
Day, 1889. The amount to be paid for the past year's maintenance
(ending Lady Day, 1890), will be £313 155. 9d.

CLEANSING SEWERS AND GULLIES.

The gullies in the parish, about 420, exclusive of those under the control of the London County Council, have been emptied from time to time and flushed with carbolic acid and water, together with the surfaces of all courts, at the following cost—

£s.d.
Labour7585
Carbolic Acid4500
Horse hire149180
Water1610
Sundries456
Shooting of deposit removed1530
£3051511