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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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use of tools and mortar, and £28 12s. 3d. for paving material required in the said
repairs. Other contributions for paving, &c., amounted to the sum of £178 9s. 6d.,
part of which was due and paid to the Contractor.
The Contractors supplied 1,900 superficial feet of patent Victoria stone for use
in repairing the footways, at a cost of £55 8s. 4d.; 16,300 superficial feet of new
2½-in. tooled York stone, at a cost of £578 13s. 0d.; and 146 lineal feet of edge
curb, at a cost £12 8s. 6d.; 100 feet Moor Stone at a cost of £6 5s. 0d.
The following quantity of Stone,- in addition, was re-dressed bv piece-work in the yard, at the costs stated:—
| 1,379 feet run granite edge curb | 40 | 4 | 5 |
| 344 super yards granite cubes | 82 | 15 | 10 |
| SEWERS WORK. | |||
| The following works, at the costs stated, have been executed by the Contractor during the past year: — | |||
| Nichol Square (in consequence of widening London & North Western Railway)— | |||
| Construction of a new egg-shaped sewer; 189 feet run 3-ft. 9-in. ×2-ft. 6-in. brick sewer; 6 gullies constructed; 1 manhole built in, bends and all necessary drain connections; old sewer destroyed and trench filled in | *222 | 8 | 3 |
| Garden Walk— | |||
| Sewer damaged by Chemical Works, made good | *5 | 9 | 4 |
| Plough Yard (in consequence of widening Loudon & North Western Railway).— | |||
| Construction of new pipe sewer; 193 feet run 15-in. pipe inclosed in cement concrete, including excavation and cartage to shoot; 2 manholes constructed; 32 super feet new York stone landings supplied and fixed over manholes, having 2 20-in. diameter holes cut in centres | *125 | 13 | 6 |
| Crondall Street—from Hoxton Street to St. John's Road— | |||
| Construction of new pipe sewer; 620 feet run 18-in. pipe sewer. Timber left in trenches. 40 drains connected; 8 manholes constructed; 48 super feet of new 6-in. York stones provided for manholes; cutting 8 24-in. holes in same | 1165 | 18 | 7 |
* The whole or a portion repaid to the Vestry.
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