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Shoreditch 1880

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

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Table: TABLE I.Coat of New Works for the year, to March,1881.

TABLE I.

Coat of New Works for the year, to March,1881.

Mr. Perrett, erecting 5 new columns, shifting the positions of 26 columns, and removing 4 discontinued, also reinstating footways disturbed, (labour)17108
Mr. Tillcy, removing 45 decayed cradle irons and 59 lanterns and fixing new, also fixing and fitting up 8 brackets, removing 27 decayed fittings, supplying and fixing now, also fixing 326 street name tablets in lamps at corners of streets11969
Messrs. Jukes, Coulson, Stokes & Co., supplying 24 14-inch cradle irons, and 24 14-in lanterns1240
Mr. Gibbs, supplying 460 opal tablets, with street names burnt in20118
Mr. Sugg, supplying 3 dozen 4-inch column cocks and 1 gross steatite burners4130
Mr. Sugg, supplying and fixing apparatus for testing lamp governors and burners69116
Gas Company, shifting services for removals161510
£260195

Table: TABLE III.Cost of Maintenance of Meters and Governors Sfc., Salaries and Petty Expenses for the Year to31st March, 1881.

TABLE III.

Cost of Maintenance of Meters and Governors Sfc., Salaries and Petty Expenses for the Year to31st March, 1881.

Mr. Sugg, Maintenance of Meters and Governors4308
Inspector's Salary15000
Petty Expenses0110
£193118

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TABLE II.
Statement of the coat of Repairs and Painting, Lighting and
Extinguishing and, Cleaning for the Year to 31 st March, 1881.
Mr. Tillcy, repairs and painting lanterns, columns,
brackets and standards (contract) 178 13 8
Lamplighters' wages 928 7 9
Sundry repairs 1 16 5
£1108 17 10