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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 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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In consequence of the use of the Steam Roller the unpaved
roads are, generally speaking, in a satisfactory condition.
STEAM ROAD ROLLER.
The Roller was at work 267 days during the past year, and
about 14 men on average, under the superintendence of a foreman,
were employed in scoring, rolling, sweeping and watching the
highways ; the amount expended in labour was £900 18s. 7½d.
The following Table gives the roads that have been rolled,
together with the cost of same, and other details ;—