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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Clerkenwell 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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The approximate cost was as follows:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slopmen's wages | 791 | 12 | 4 |
| Scavengers' „ | 1564 | 4 | 8 |
| „ „ (tempy. gang) | 24 | 8 | 9 |
| „ „ (boys) | 63 | 13 | 0 |
| Keep of horses | 393 | 2 | 10 |
| Cost of barging slop away | 433 | 15 | 0 |
| Repair to sweeping machines | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| Brooms for „ „ | 93 | 1 | 9 |
| Scavengers' brooms o | 62 | 13 | 0 |
| £3,451 | 12 | 4 |
WIDENING OF CLARK STREET AND
ALTERATIONS IN BERRY STREET.
The owners of the land on the west side of Clark
Street having agreed to give up a portion of the
ground for the purpose of widening the street, the
Vestry agreed to repave Clark Street aud Berry
Street, between Allen Street and Little Sutton
Street, the owners contributing the sum ol £150
towards the cost. On the west side of Clark Street
and east side of Berry Street, a 14 inch kerb was
laid instead of the ordinary footway to allow for two
lines of traffic being able to pass.