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Shoreditch 1867

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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sixteen, and they havo to attend to the general repair and maintenance
of the roads throughout the Parish.
Also from 25th March to 24th June there were seventeen laborers
employed for sweeping and scraping the Macadamized and Ballast
Roads, and cleansing Gullies, &c.
The Surveyor has also two Masons, with a laborer each, for the repair
of the footway pavements, and in most cases to repair the pavement
after trenches have been opened by Companies or Contractors.
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There are also three Paviors for the repair of the carriageways,
crossings, channels, &c., and five laborers generally employed throughout
the Parish.
There is one man employed to cleanse the Urinals (14) belonging to
the Vestry. (This man has been placed under the control of the
Sanitary Committee.)
The Surveyor has three men employed in flushing the Sewers in the
Parish; also, a bricklayer and laborer generally employed on sewers
work.
The expense of maintaining the roads thrown upon the Parish by the
26th and 27th Vic., cap. 78, being the "Metropolis Turnpike Roads
Acts' Amendment Act," for the period from the 25th March, 1867, to
the commencement of paving such roads (Kingsland Road, 26th
August, 1867; Hackney Road, 11th February, 1868:
Cubic Yards Broken Granite.
For Kingsland Road .
244
at 14/9 yard
£179
19
0
Hackney Road
286
n
210
18
6
Making a total of
£390
17
6
There was also 420 cubic yards of Mac Adam spread on the Hackney
Road from the Kingsland Road, in addition to the 28G cubic yards
supplied by the Contractors.