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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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| 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. | |||
| Dean Street | 86¼ | 10 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| .. | 32 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 6 | 11 | 825 | 1/4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | |||
| Bookham Street | 212½ | 38¼ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 185 | 1 | 0 | .. | 11 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 222 | 18 | 0 | 2000 | 2/2¾ | — | |||||
| Alma Street | 161¼ | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 140 | 8 | 5 | .. | 21 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 184 | 18 | 3 | 2300 | 1/7¼ | — | |||||
| Buckland Street | 130 | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 113 | 4 | 2 | .. | 12 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 147 | 9 | 0 | 2440 | 1/2½ | — | |||||
| Nicholas Street | 212½ | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 178 | 18 | 1 | .. | 18 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 221 | 3 | 11 | 1980 | 2/3 | — | |||||
| Eagle Wharf Road | 96¼ | 56¼ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 83 | 16 | 4 | .. | 17 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 130 | 7 | 0 | 1920 | 1/4¼ | — | |||||
| Pritchards Road | 83¾ | 33¾ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 72 | 18 | 8 | .. | 10 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 110 | 15 | 0 | 1320 | 1/8 | ||||||
| Newton Street | 243¾ | 52½ | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| .. | 89 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 135 | 6 | 11 | 2220 | 1/2¾ | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Great James Street | 63¾ | 18¾ | 3 loads Cartage | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 55 | 10 | 4 | .. | 5 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 71 | 13 | 9 | 1445 | 1/ | 0 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Whiston Streeet | 134 | 17½ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 117 | 11 | 3 | .. | 5 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 160 | 9 | 10 | 1740 | 1/10 | - | |||||
| Broken Pebbles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Essex Street | 3¾ | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 820 | /2¼ | 3 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| * Only regulated and rolled. | |||||||||||||||||||||||