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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]

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The following table shows the expenditure on jobbing work, repairs, reinstating Companies' trenches, and sundry works in maintaining the carriageways and footways in the District.

Wages.Horse Hire.Rubbish Shooting and Materials.Asphalte Company's Accounts.
£8.d.£8.d.£S.d.£s.d.
Carriageway5438084116442541766
Footway3843730373
£927117£84116£44254£320139

Horses are hired by the day at 5s. 5¼d. per ordinary day's
work and for Borough Market cleansing at night, the Board
finding their own carmen and carts.
The quantity of ballast used on the Bridge Inclines, Wood
Paving, &c., for the year was 1,120 yards cube, which cost,
including spreading, £345 6s. 8d.
The quantity of ballast used under Pitching and other paving
works was 519 yards cube.
BOARD'S WORKMEN.
The Rate of wages paid to the workmen in the employ of the
Board is as follows:—
Masons 9£d. per hour.
Paviors 9iW. „
Hammermen 7½d.

Making a total amount expended on the above work of £1775 2.s. 2 d.

£s.d.
City of London Electric Lighting Co.1,07030
Southwark and Vauxhall Water Co21190
South Metropolitan Gas Co.188310
London Electric Supply Corporation4586
Lambeth Water Co.3345
London Hydraulic Power Co2929
Postal Telegraphs Office0164
Builders, for sewer trenches, hoardings, &c,135154
Sundries0140
£1,714172

The sums expended on Carriageway and Footway Paving Works executed by ourselves, including estimated works, repairs, trenches, and the whole of the plant purchased, is as follows, and for a portion of which we received from the various companies, etc., the sum of £1,714 17s. 2d.

£s.d.
Labour1,56646
Horse Hire14136
Materials1,157138
Rubbish Shooting9986
Plant14225
Add Asphalte Work executed by3,106127
contract, etc.1,305121
£4,41248