Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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The sums expended in materials, viz.—lime, cement, ballast,
sand, new York stone, Victoria stone, rubbish shooting, horse
hire, sundry repairs, &c., &c., for jobbing works and trenches
only, exclusive of estimated works, amounted to £'281 0s. 4d.
The sums paid in wages for carriageway works amounted
to £384 16s., and for footway works £173 5s. 5d., making a
total of £508 ls. 6d., or a grand total, including wages, horse
hire, and materials, amounting to £789 ls. 9d.
The amounts received for reinstating trenches were as follows:-
£
s.
d.
South Metropolitan Gas Co.
200
7
0
Lambeth Water Co.
71
8
6
Southwark and Vauxhall W ater Co.
93
12
11
London Electric Supply Corporation
64
9
6
Hydraulic Power Co.
16
11
5
Postal Telegraph Office
39
17
10
Sundries
4
19
3
£491
6
5
The total sum expended on Carriageway and Footway
Paving Works executed by ourselves, including Estimated Works,
Repairs, Trenches, and the whole of the Plant purchased,
amounted to £2,733 ls. 7d., for which sum the whole of the
following works were carried out, and for a portion of which we
have received from various Companies £491 6s. 5d.
Footways.
New 2½ York Stone Paving laid 3,450 feet super.
Victoria Stone Paving laid 186 ,, ,,
Old York Paving laid 30,294 ,, ,,
Old Victoria Stone relaid 1,029 ,, ,,
Old Curb taken up and refixed 3,817 ,, lineal.
New Curb fixed 1,206 ,, ,,
Holes cut in York 31
Carriageways.
Old Granite Pitching redressed and relaid 2,020 yds. super.
Old Granite Pitching relaid only 5,349 ,, ,,
Wood Paving relaid 525 ,, ,,
New Wood Paving laid 2,347 ,, ,,
6 inches Lias Lime Concrete under Paving 1,407 ,, ,,
8 ,, ,, ,, ,, 588 ,, ,,
6 ,, Portland Cement,, ,, 2,436 ,, ,,
9 ,, ,, ,, ,, 148 ,, ,,
12 ,, ,, ,, ,, 19 ,, ,,
Ground excavated and carted away for concrete
space 402 ,, cube.
Macadam relaid 106 ,, super.
Block Channelling refixed 150 feet lineal.