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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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| Dunloe Street (in consequence of widening below Railway Bridge)— A portion repaved with new 3-in. York paving supplied and laid; a portion of old York relaid; old curb reset; a portion of new circular and straight-edge curb supplied and fixed; 1—24-in. angle block and 2—30"×9"×6" spur stones supplied and fixed; 1 iron post fixed; cutting on York | 25 | 17 | 10 |
| Nichols Square— | |||
| Asphalte trenches repaired by Yal de Travers Asphalte Co. | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| Ivy Lane— | |||
| Footway paved with 1½-in. Val de Travers asphalte on 3-in. best Portland cement concrete | 125 | 19 | 7 |
| Goldsmiths Row— | |||
| Gully trenches reinstated by Val de Travers Asphalte Co. | 1 | 17 | 4 |
The footway paving in the following localities is in a bad condition, and should
be repaved to prevent danger to the public:—
Allerton Street Hackney Road (portions of)
Baring Street (portion of) Hoxton Street (portions of)
Bateman's Row Ivy Street
Bracklyn Street Kingsland Road (portion of)
Bridport Place (east side) Laburnum Street
Broadway, London Fields Maidstone Street
Cavendish Street Mintern Street
Clifton Street (portion of) Paul Street
Crondall Street (portion of) Parr Street
Curtain Road (portion of) Pit field Street (portion ol)
Custance Street Rush ton Street
East Road (portion of) Scawfell Street
Forston Street Upper John Street
Grange Street Wenlock Street
Haberdasher Street, Whiston Street
(portion of) Wilson Street
The Road Foreman's wages, whose duties include the directing of the masons
and paviors (also the Steam Road Roller), amounted to £130 0s. 0d. Four masons,
on average, and their labourers, were employed in repairing the footways, and over
trenches opened by the Gas and Water Companies and Post Office Telegraphs. One
bricklayer and labourer was employed in cementing wall on both sides at Reliance
Wharf, also in building retaining walls at Ivy Lane; their wages for the year
amounted to £586 18s. l½d. The Companies contributed £99 9s. l0d. for labour,