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Shoreditch 1883

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

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Bridport place (portion of)
Clifton Street (portions of)
Crondall Street (portion of)
Curtain Road (portions of)
Grange Street
Ivy Lane
Kingsland Road (portions of)
Laburnam Street
Napier Street
New Inn Yard
Pitfield Street (portions of)
Rushton Street
Shoreditch, High Street (portions of)
Upper John Street
Wenlock Street
Three masons on average and their labourers were employed in
repairing the footways (including the repaving of Brunswick
Street, &c.) and over trenches opened by the Gas and Water
Companies, and Post Office Telegraphs; their wages for the year
amounting to £496 3s. 1d. The Companies contributed
£85 18s. 5d. for labour, and £141 14s. 2d. for material required
in the said repairs. The sum of £12 4s. 6d. was also paid for
Watchmen's Wages. Other contributions to paving amounted to
the sum of £131 16s. 10d., most of which was due and paid to the
Contractors.
The Contractor supplied 525 superficial feet of Victoria patent
stone for use in repairing the footways, at a cost of £15 6s. 3d.,
and 13,501 superficial feet of new 2½ and 3-inch tooled York paving,
at a cost of £509 11s. 6d. for the same purpose.
One man was employed during a portion of his time in the
Vestry's yard dressing and squaring old stone for re-use, and at
other jobbing work; his wages for the time so occupied amounted
to £64 18s. 3d.
The following quantity of old stone in addition was redressed
by piece-work in the yard at the cost stated—
217¼ yards super granites £19 16 9