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Shoreditch 1886

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

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Hearn Street. — A portion of carriageway taken up and
repaved with pitchings, on ground, and sufficient to
make good deficiency, carted from Stone Yard; all on
Thames ballast, and grouted £90 7s. 0d.
Old Street.—A portion of carriageway taken up and repaved
with redressed and undressed granite pitchings, in connection
with the re-construction of lines by the North
Metropolitan Tramway Company. A portion repaved
with new 3x7 inch and 4x7 inch pitchings, all on
Portland cement or lias-lime concrete, and grouted, part
with asphalte grouting *£866 12s. 0d.
Alma Street.—Channels paved with new 4x6 inch granite
pitchings, on concrete, and grouted £125 7s. 6d.
Paved granite crossings (private), as follows : —
Crondall Street (south side) †£10 12s. 8d.
Ditto ditto †£7 3s. 10d.
Blossom Street (west side) †£8 8s. 6d.
Worship Street (north side) †£9 5s. 6d.
Old Street and Goldsmith Row.— To the Improved Wood
Pavement Company, for repairs over trenches,
£5 13s. 11d.
The carriageway or channel paving in the following localities
is in a most unsatisfactory condition, and should be repaved (or
steam rolled as required) to prevent danger to traffic—
Bateman's Row
Bevenden Street
Goldsmith's Row (portion of)
Grange Street
Hoxton Square
Ivy Lane
Laburnum Street (portion of)
Napier Street
Upper John Street
* Paved out of the Tramway Paving Fund,
† The whole, or a portion, repaid to the Vestry.