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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Shepherdess Walk (from the widening to the North side of Murray
Street)—Paved with new 3 by 7 Mount Sorrel pitchings, at a cost of
£463 13s. 8d.
Willow Street (portion of North side) —A new half-sovereign
channel laid down, at a cost of £10 12s. 4d.
Essex Street (North side, in front of new houses)—A new granite
channel laid down, at a cost of £70 1s. 8d.
Huntingdon Street (South side, in front of new premises) A new
granite channel laid down, at a cost of £77 12s. 3d.
Cross Street, Essex Street—A new granite channel laid down, at a
cost of £11 1s. 7d.
There are three paviers with two laborers each, employed in the
repair of the paved roads in the Parish, one generally in repairing
trenches, and their wages amounted to £481 6s. 7d. for the year.
The cost of repairing trenches in the paved roads for the Gas and
Water Companies amounted to £269 0s. 11d. during the year.
Footway Paving.
The amount paid the contractor for footway paving during the year
was £492 1s. 9d., as follows:—
Holt Place, Hyde Road—A portion repaved with new 3-inch York,
and a portion relaid, at a cost of £26 0s. 7d.
Herbert Street, Great Cambridge Street—A portion repaved with
new 3-inch York, at a cost of £20.
Bethnal Green Road—The portions in the Parish repaved with new
3-inch York, at a cost of £39 19s. 1d.
Essex Street—Portions in front of new houses paved with new
3-inch York, at a cost of £82 5s. 11d.