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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 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]

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117
Thames Sand 70 cube yards
Thames Shingle 510 ,,
Broken Granite from
Contractor 33 „
Stone broken by own
men (pebbles, old
granite cubes, chip-
pings 396 ,,
Old York 6 ,,
10 yds. cube shell ballast were used on
asphalte.
967 Ids. ground were carted away.
Clinkers 3 cube yards
Mould 18 ,,
Burrs 6 ,,
Manure 11 ,,
The following materials were used for temporarily
making up the various roads and footways
Muswell Hill:—
Clinkers 418½ cube yards
Hard Core 1,084½ ,,
Ballast 3 ,,
Floggin 29 ,,
Granite drippings 11 ,,
884 loads of slop carted off roads
Two crossings were paved in Colney Hatch
Lane with Blue Bricks.