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Shoreditch 1885

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

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49
REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR.
Surveyor's Department.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit a summary of works, &c., carried out
under the superintendance of the above Department during the
year ending the 25th March, 1886.
MAINTENANCE OF ROADS.

Table: The following quantities of material were supplied by the Guardians and Contractors at the cost stated, and used on the MacAdam and ballast roads in the Parish during the year :—

The following quantities of material were supplied by the Guardians and Contractors at the cost stated, and used on the MacAdam and ballast roads in the Parish during the year :—

£s.d.
1196½ yards cube Broken Granite835110
1305 „ „ Flints456150
66¼ „ „ Ballast1965½
962½ „ „ Hoggin280147

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During the same period 536 cubic yards of old pebbles,
York, etc., were broken up, costing £58 6s. 0d., and loaded and
carted for repairing the roads at a further cost of about £67 0s. 0d.
The men out of employment, taken on during February and March
last, broke up about 1196½cubic yards of old pebbles, cubes, &e.,
at a total cost of £149 l1s. 4d.
One foreman and six labourers on average were employed in
the yard, and on the general repairs of the unpaved roads and over
trenches opened by the Gas and Water Companies ; their wages
for the year amounted to £400 14s. 7½d. The sum of £1 17s. 6d.
was also paid for Watchmen's wages. The Companies contributed
£82 8s. 6d. for labour (exclusive of Foreman's time) and
£243 15s. 8d for material required in the said repairs.