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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REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR.
SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT.
Gentlemen,
Herewith is a summary of the works carried out under
the superintendence of this Department for the year ending the 25th
March, 1878.
MAINTENANCE OF ROADS.
The cost of keeping in repair the Mc Adam Roads in the
Parish for the year is as follows:—
1095 yards cube Broken Granite £947 8 8
Also 59 yards cube of old pebbles have been broken and carted
on the roads at a cost of £11 16s. 0d.
Eleven laborers and a foreman were employed in the repairs of
the said roads, and their wages for the year amounted to
£624 16s. 5d., and £208 6s. 9d. was paid by the Gas and Water
Companies for repairs to trenches.