Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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Ditto (by London and County Bank)—repaved with new patent
Victoria stone, £18 10s. 3d.*
Ditto (by Shoreditch Parish Church)—a portion repaved with new
3-inch York and re-squared old stone, and new 7-inch granite
curb, fixed, £48 11s. 5d.
Georges Square, Hoxton—paved on three sides with new 2½inch
York and re-squared old stone, new 6-inch granite curb fixed,
and a portion of old re-fixed, £44 15s. 11d.*
Haggerston Road (East Side)—a portion re-paved with new 3-inch
york and re-squared old stone, and curb re-fixed, £98 5s. 2d.
Pitfield Street (from Ashford Street to Fanshaw Street)— re-paved with
new 3-inch York and re-squared old stone, curb re-dressed
and undressed, taken up and re-fixed, £116 5s. 10d.
Wilmer Gardens—a portion paved with new 2½-inch York stone,
and new 6-inch granite curb, fixed, £21 14s. 9d.
Reeves Place—an addition paved with new 3-inch York stone, and
new 6-inch granite curb fixed, £23 1s. 11d.
New Inn Yard—a portion re-paved with new 3-inch York and
re-squared old stone, old granite curb re-fixed, and a portion of
new 6-inch curb fixed, £61 1s. 3d.
New public lamp refuges as follows—
De Beauvoir Crescent by Whitmore Road—£6 11s. 3d.
Great Eastern Street by Paul Street—£10 14s. 8d.
Marlborough Road by Shrubland Road—£8 1s. 8d.
Norfolk Gardens—Laid with 1-inch compressed Val de Travers
Asphalte on 3-inch cement concrete, £51 12s. 11d.†
The footway paving in the following localities is in a bad condition
and should be re-paved to prevent danger to the public—
Alma Street
Baring Street
Batemans Row
Bridport Place (portions of)
* The whole or a portion repaid to the Vestry.
† The cost of stonework supplied was given in last Report.