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Shoreditch 1887

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

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CARRIAGEWAY PAVING.
The following works at the cost stated have been executed by
the contractor during the past year:—
Shoreditch High Street, from Gt. Eastern Street to Essex
Hotel.—A portion of carriageway taken up, relaid and
grouted with portland cement £11 5s. 10d
Sarah's Buildings, Vincent Street,—Carriageway paved with
old granite pitchings, selected, carted from yard, on
ballast foundation and grouted ,£42 lls. 0d
Goldsmith Square.—Carriageway paved with old redressed
granite pitchings, carted from stone yard, on ballast
foundation and grouted—A portion of old York Paving
taken up, squared and relaid, old granite curb taken up
and refixed £72 18s. 6d.
Goldsmith Row, from Children's Hospital to Dove Row.—
Carriageway taken up, selected, dressed, carted, and
repaved, and a portion repaved with new 3x7 inch
Guernsey pitchings, all on concrete and grouted. A
portion of old curb taken up and refixed, and new Victoria
stone paving provided and laid £1,123 13s. 3d.
Kay Street by Goldsmith Row.—Carriageway paved with old
redressed granite pitchings, carted from Goldsmith Row,
on concrete and grouted; also a portion of the Footway
paved with new 3 inch York, and old York taken up and
relaid, old granite curb taken up and refixed *£40 12s. 6d.
Paved granite crossings (private), as follows:—
Little Leonard Street †£3 18s. 5d.
Crondall Street †£17 6s. 1d.
Opposite Light's Premises, Curtain Road †£ 15 3s. 5d.
Wenlock Street †£5 12s. 7d.
Crondall Street †£8 10s. 8d.
*A portion repaid to the Vestry by the Vestry of Bethnal Green,
† The whole, or a portion, repaid to the Vestry.