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Shoreditch 1876

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

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The cost of eleven laborers and two foremen employed in
repairing' the roads was £770 10s. 9d. for the year, and £224 5s. l0d.
was contributed by the Water and Gas Companies for repairs of
trenches in said roads.
CARRIAGEWAY PAYING.
The following paving works have been executed during the year
at a cost of £19,187 19s. lOd.
Pitjielcl Street—paved with new 7x3 granites £3091 19 4
Hoxton Street—paved with new 7x3 granites 5461 15 6
Wood Street—paved with old granites 130 14 0
Shrubland Road (carriageway entrances)—paved with
new 4-in. pitchers 10 14 1
Goldsmith's Row—paved with old granites 1259 7 7
High Street, Shoreditch (opposite New Street)—
repaved with new 7x3 granites 664 6 6
Tabernacle Walk and Square—repaved with new
7x3 granites 1371 1 0
Charlotte Street—repaved with old granites 184 11 8
John Street, Curtain Road—paved with old granites 76 12 1
Willow Street—paved with old granites 50 3 10
Cross Street, Willow Street—paved with old granites 30 5 2
Dorset Meivs—paved with old granites 145 5 4
Clifton Street—repaved with old granites 630 11 10
Union Walk—paved with old granites 211 3 9
Huntingdon Street—paved partly with old and partly
with new 7x4 granites 943 9 8
Harman Street—paved with new 7x3 granites 1726 17 9
Pearson Street—paved with new 7 x 3 granites 2852 11 3
Rear of Town Hall—paved with old granites 103 2 2
Wellington Street (channel) paved with old granites 11 6 9
New North Place—paved with old granites 232 0 7
Three paviers and five laborers were employed in keeping in
repair the paved roads (one is principally employed in repairing
trenches opened by the Water and Gas Companies), at a cost of
£462 7s. 6d. for the year, and £154 9s. 6d. was contributed by the
Companies.