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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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CARRIAGEWAY PAYING, 1892-1893.
| Shepherdess Walk, northward of Murray (Street— | |||
| Macadam road excavated and carted, a portion paved with granite pitchings re-dressed and carted from Reliance Wharf and Flemming Street Yard, a portion paved with pitchings supplied and carted (special contract), a portion with granite pitchings carted and laid, also a portion taken up and re-laid, all on lias lime concrete, rammed, and grouted with cement and part lime grout; labour cutting on granite | 975 | 10 | 6 |
| Edward Street— | |||
| Old pitchings taken up, re-dressed, selected, and re-laid, a portion carted from Flemming Street Yard and laid, a portion taken up and re-laid only, all on lias lime concrete, rammed and grouted with lias lime; labour cutting on granite | 340 | 4 | 8 |
| Wenlock Road, south of Edward Street (after removal of Iron Gates)— | |||
| Macadam road excavated and carted, old carriageway taken up, a portion re-laid, a portion with cubes carted from Stone Yard re-dressed and laid on lias lime concrete and grouted | 65 | 12 | 3 |
| Napier Street— | |||
| Channel taken up, re-laid with cubes, re-dressed and carted from Vestry's Depot, a portion carted and re-laid only, and a portion of new 4" × 4" granite cubes supplied and laid, all grouted with lias lime; labour cutting on granite | 35 | 19 | 6 |
| Reliance Wharf (paving and trench repairs)— | |||
| A portion of carriageway taken up and re-laid, new 4" × 7" pitchings supplied and laid, a portion of pitchings dressed and re-laid, all on lias lime concrete, and grouted with cement. Old tram stone carted and fixed, curb re-fixed; 2 spur stones supplied and fixed | 46 | 12 | 7 |
| Hill Street— | |||
| Cube carriageway taken up, a portion re-laid, a portion dressed, carted, and re-laid, all on lias lime concrete and grouted ; labour cutting on granite | 52 | 9 | 5 |
| Finsbury Market— | |||
| A portion of carriageway taken up, re-laid and grouted | 11 | 15 | 5 |