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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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The following statement will shew the roads rolled and the cost of same:—
| STREET. | MATERIAL AND COST. | Wages and Watchmen. | Roller, Water Cart & Water. | Cost. | Square yards. | Cost per yard. | Siftings from yards. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broken Granite. | Flints. | Hoggin. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Shepherdess Walk | 96¼ | 32½ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 83 | 16 | 4 | .. | 10 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 128 | 11 | 2 | 2320 | 1/1½ | — | |||||
| Brunswick Place | 91½ | 22½ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 79 | 12 | 7 | .. | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 109 | 1 | 11 | 1130 | 1/11 | - | |||||
| Great Chart Street | 287½ | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 250 | 7 | 3 | .. | 21 | 17 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 309 | 8 | 3 | 1810 | 3/5 | — | |||||
| Buttesland Street | 153¾ | 26¼ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 133 | 10 | 6 | .. | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 167 | 8 | 8 | 2120 | 1/7 | — | |||||
| Haberdasher Street | 328½ | 70 | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 286 | 1 | 8 | .. | 21 | 17 | 6 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 346 | 2 | 6 | 2980 | 2/4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Singleton Street | 26¼ | 13¾ | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 17 | 2 | .. | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 260 | 2/6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Baches Street | 157½ | 18¾ | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 137 | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | 17 | 0 | l6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 161 | 4 | 2 | 1850 | 1/9 | 0 | 17 | 6 | |||
| Park Street | 47½ | 6¼ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 41 | 7 | 3 | .. | 1 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 5 | 6 | 440 | 2/3 | — | |||||
| Nile Street | 100 | 230¾ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 87 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 760 | 2/9 | — | ||||||
| Allerton Street | 123¼ | 26¼ | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| .. | 46 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 67 | 2 | 3 | 940 | 1/5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Rushton Street | 38¾ | 141¼ | 31¼ | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 124 | 8 | 1 | 2000 | 1/3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |