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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 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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The amount paid to the Water Companies for water supplied to
the Urinals, and rent of Meters during the year Avas £281 2s. 8d.
The sum of £12 7s. 11d. was paid during the year for repairs to
Urinals.
FLUSHING COURTS AND GULLIES.
The cost of flushing courts and gullies with water direct from the
mains through a 2¼ inch hose, the East London Company's district
being done in the day time, and the New River Company's district in
the night time, was for water £164 12s. 5d., and £69 10s. for labour
and truck hire, the amount paid for chloride of lime was £11 15s. 2d.
TABLE I.
| Surveyor's men erecting 7 new lamp columns, rearranging the positions of 24, and re-instating foot and carriage ways disturbed, and re-instating footways to 18 brackets (labour) | £16 | 6 | 4½ |
| Mr. Tilley, supplying 50 14-inch lamps, and 24 14-inch cradle irons, supplying and fixing 22 brackets, and removing and refixing 18 brackets, fitting up 7 new columns, removing decayed fittings from 35 lamps and refitting with new, repairing 89 lever cocks, and 3 lighting torches, supplying 4 gross steatite burners, and one dozen lamp governors, and one dozen Bray's burners for large lamps, removing and refixing one meter and box, removing 97 broken street name tablets from lamps and fixing new, and fixing 3 caution tablets | 115 | 8 | 7 |
| Mr. Ungar, supplying and fixing 6 18-inch Victoria lamps, and 1 100-candle power lamp and column, and fitting up same with ladder irons and spindles, supplying one pedestal, and fixing and fitting up lamp, and supplying 24 brass spindles | 26 | 7 | 7 |
| Mr. Sears repairing one M.B.W. column with wrought iron core, etc. | 1 | 8 | 6 |