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St Giles (Camden) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Footways.
| Situation. | Description of New Paving. | Net cost of Work. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
* This includes the widening of the West and South sides of Bedford Square
(see page 61).
The macadamized roadways in the District were recoated
and repaired with broken granite, a steam roller
being used where necessary to level the surface.
Maintenance of Asphalte Carriage-way Pavements.
The Contracts for free maintenance of the following
streets having expired during the year, further contracts
were entered into by your Board, and the several Contractors
who laid the pavements, for a continuance of such
maintenance for the periods and at the prices named.
Period of farther Price to be paid per yard
maintenance. supl. per annum.
High Street 10 years 1 0
Church Passage 15 „ 0 4
The existing Contracts for the maintenance of the
asphalte pavements in Hart Street, Bloomsbury Square
(South Side), Vernon Place, Gower Street, Southampton
Row, Torrington Square, and Bedford Place, will expire