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 Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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St. John's Square 4 stalls
Chapel Place 2 „
Goswell Road 4„
The cost of water for the year was £61 2s. 3d.,
the amount paid for repairs, £4 7s. 3d., and the
alteration to urinal, Arlington Street, £96 13s. 0d.
The wages of the flushers were £179 8s. Od. Total
£341 10s. 6d.
PAVEMENTS.
Carriageways-Granite.—The carriageway paving
of Farringdon Road by Parcels Post was taken up
and relaid, and the deficiency made good with
dressed granite cubes on concrete.
The following Macadam streets were paved with
secondhand granite on concrete:—
Penton Grove.
Sermon Lane.
Owen Street (from St. John Street Road to
urinal).
CarriagewaysWood.—The carriageways of the
following streets were paved with Jarrah wood
paving—
Spencer Street.
St. John Street (between Clerkenwell Road
and Corporation Row).
St. John's Square (and St. John's Lane) by
St. John's Gate.