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Shoreditch 1871

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

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and Water Companies, for the repair of trenches in the said roads,
contributed £190 6s. 2d.
The extent of paved roads in the parish is about nine miles, the
remainder (about forty-two miles) being Mo Adam and Ballast.
carriageway paving.
Only the following work has been executed during the year,
amounting to £78 9s. 4d.
Huntingdon Street, (portion of)—A new granite channel laid down.
Throe paviors and five laborers were employed in the repair of the
paved roads in the parish, and the wages paid them for the year was
£464 14s. l1d., and £245 16s. 2d. was contributed by the Gas and
Water Companies for repairing trenches in the said roads.
footway paving.
The following works have boon executed during the year, amounting
to £284 l1s. 3d.
William Street, Curtain Road.—A portion of the footway paved
with new 2½-inch York at a cost of £8 13s. 5d.
Hoxton Street, by Red Lion Stone Yard.—A portion of the footway
re-paved with now 3-inch York at a cost of £10 16s. l1d.
Red Lion Passage.—The passage re-paved with old stone at a cost
of £5 14s. 9d.
Huntingdon Street.—A portion of the footway paved with new
3-inch York at a cost of £259 6s. 2d.
Two masons with a laborer each were employed in the repair of
footway pavements in the parish, and their wages for the year was
£247 7s. 1d., and £272 16s. 1d. was contributed for repairing trenches
in the footways.