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 Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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Vinegar Ground.—The whole of the footways relaid with old stone at
a cost of £40 19s. l0d.
Reform Place.—The footways repaved with new 24-inch York at a
cost of £24 11s. 7d.
Castle Street.—The carriageway relaid at a cost of £13 2s. 0d.
The Surveyor has under his control two Foremen, one for the
Eastern district, and one for the Western district of the Parish, and it
is their duty to superintend the repair and maintenance of the roads
and footways, to see that the watering is properly done, and to report
to the Surveyor and Paving, &c., Committee, all matters relating to
such roads, footways, &c., from time to time.
The number of laborers employed by the Surveyor on the roads is
thirteen, and they have to attend to the general repair and maintenance
of the roads throughout the Parish.
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.
There are also three paviors and five laborers for the repair of the
carriageways, crossings, channels, &c., in the parish.
There is one man employed to cleanse the Urinals (17) 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 laborer generally employed on sewers work.
Cleansing and Dusting the Parish.
The whole of the Parish has been cleansed, the dust removed and
the gullies cleansed by Mr. C. T. Parsons, of Shadwell Dock Wharf,
Lower Shadwell (under a contract) for a sum of £3980.
The number of gullies now required to be cleansed by the Contractor
is as under.
East Division 983
West Division 1088
2071
The following is a Statement of the Expenses incurred in the Erection of the Building:
Amount borrowed of the Mutual Life Assurance | Amount paid for the Land in Old Street Road for the site for erection of | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Society* | 28000 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Interest received on such | Hall | 7425 | 0 | 0 | |||
Loan | 335 | 19 | 2 | Amount paid to the Trus | |||
Kents received | 32 | 0 | 0 | tees of Fuller's Hospital, | |||
being in lieu of house ac | |||||||
Sale of old Materials | 150 | 0 | 0 | commodation for inmates | 134 | 8 | 0 |
Amount received from the | Mr. Perry, builder | 22425 | 0 | 0 | |||
Metropolitan Board,being | |||||||
the purchase money for | Mr. C. A. Long, architect | 1197 | 11 | 8 | |||
the Fire Brigade Station | 1550 | 0 | 0 | Clerk of the Works | 384 | 0 | 0 |
Loan from Sewers Rate | 2500 | 0 | 0 | Charity Trustees expenses | 21 | 4 | 3 |
Insurance | 20 | 12 | 6 | Laying Foundation Stone | 174 | 5 | 0 |
Carpenters work, Hoarding- | 53 | 19 | 2 | ||||
Interest on money borrowed | |||||||
of the Treasurer | 16 | 17 | 0 | ||||
Rates and Taxes | 15 | 14 | 8 | ||||
Stationery | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||
Expense of Sub-Committees | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||||
Law expenses† | 269 | 4 | 10 | ||||
Gas Fittings | 938 | 13 | 1 | ||||
Balance overspent at the | Insurance | 20 | 12 | 6 | |||
closing of this account. | 555 | 11 | 3 | Furnishing Offices | 62 | 16 | 7 |
£ | 33144 | 2 | 11 | £33144 | 2 | 11 |