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Shoreditch 1891

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

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contributed £95 14s. l1d. for labour, use of tools and mortar, and £19 19s. 7d.
for material required in the said repairs. Other contributions for paving, &c.,
amounted to the sum of £266 8s. 7d., part of which was due and paid to the
Contractor.
The Contractors supplied 1,200 superficial feet of Victoria patent stone for use
in repairing the footways, at a cost of £35; 14,700 superficial feet of new 2½ in.
tooled York stone, at a cost of £496 2s. (id.; 19 superficial feet of new 3 in. tooled
York stone at a cost of 13s. 9d., and 60 lineal feet of edge curb, 3 granite spur
stones, and 15 super feet 4 inch squared York stone, at a cost of £43 0s. 6d.
The following quantity of stone, in addition, was re-dressed by piece-work in
the yard, at the costs stated:—
1,247 feet run granite edge curb £36 7 5
SEWERS WORK.
The following works, at the costs stated, have been executed by the Contractor
during the past year:—
Red Lion Street— £ s. d.
12 in. pipe Sewer cleansed, old brick Gully receivers destroyed,
and new stoneware gullys and outlets constructed 22 11 2
Eagle Wharf Road—extension of Sewer West of Cropley Street—
168 feet run 15 in. pipe sewer, 290 feet 6 in. of 12 in. pipe,
connection to Main Line Sewer in Cropley Street, old
opening built off, five gullies reconstructed, and two manholes
constructed; bends, flushing box, step irons, and
all drain connections 175 4 6
Also Private Drain Work, one new house drain, and one
reconstruction 5 17 7
Jobbing Sewers Work and Private Drain Work.—On the 2nd June,
1891, upon the recommendation of the Paving and Sewers Committee, the Vestry
decided to do these works with its own Staff instead of by Contractor.

The undermentioned sewers have been cleansed by the Vestry's workmen, the deposit removed and carted out of the Parish as follows; numerous gullies have also

been constructed or repaired:-

Sewers.Length.
Pearson StreetBrick600 feet
Dunloe Street610 „
Weymouth Terrace120 „
Nichols Square1330 „

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