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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1891

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

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New Paving Works—continued.

£s.d.
Brought forward769109
Eagle Court.—Defective York flagging taken up and relaid with mastic asphalte33180
Exeter Street.—Old roadway pavement (part granite and part wood) of that part of the street running north and south from its junction with the Strand, taken up and relaid with new 6in. yellow deal blocks; including new kerbs to east footway and part new kerbs and improved width of westfootway21876
JlaymarTcet.—Old granite sett paving, taken up and relaid with new 6-in. yellow deal blocks, including new kerbs from Pall Mall East to Panton Street; improvements in general line of kerb ; alterations to gradients of side streets969510
Little Catherine Street.—Defective York flagging taken up and relaid with mastic asphalte30I 57
Strand — (North footway). The asphalte footway from Bedford Street to Burleigh Street, taken up and relaid with new 1 in. compressed rock asphalte, and new 12 in. by 8 in. kerbs209135
St. Martiris Lane.—Defective wood pavement of roadways at intersection of St. Martin's Lane with Cranbourne Street and Long Acre, &c., taken up and relaid with new 6in. yellow deal blocks, including altered position of refuge in Long Acre29484
Upper St. Martin's Lane.—A small portion of the granite pavement taken up at the boundary with St. Giles's Parish adjoining Castle Street, and relaid with 5 in. Jarrah wood blocks50100
Total£2,665195

The wood pavements were laid with 9 in. by G in. by 3 in. yellow
deal blocks, having |t,h in. joints, formed by means of cast metal
studs, as described in my last year's Report.
lhe cab lauks in the centre of the Haymarket have been paved
with asphalte, laid with a fall to the centre, thus forming a channel
Wlt J a/aU t0 the S^leys provided at the lower end of each rank. This
v ^ been done at the joint expense of your Vestry and the