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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
Westminster 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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ORDINARY WORKS EXECUTED BY THE VESTRY.
Paving.
Repairs to roadways and footways, rendered
necessary by ordinary wear, have been carried
out at a cost of £4,582, irrespective of the carriage-ways
paved with wood and asphalte. The work has been executed
by Messrs. Mowlem under a contract and schedule of prices.
Wood and
Asphalte
Paving.
For the maintenance of the wood and
asphalte paved carriageways in a satisfactory
state £600 has been paid. The figures given below are extracted from the audited accounts:—
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Cash paid for new works | 1,773 |
| Ditto for maintenance and repairs | 606 |
| Ditto in repayment of principal on outstanding loans | 4,739 |
| Ditto in payment of interest on out-standing balances | 573 |
| £7,691 | |
| Liability in respect of retention money under contracts | 100 |
| £7,791 |
Lighting.
The system of street lighting, including the
cost of repairing the 1,381 gas columns and
lanterns, the periodical painting and cleaning, lighting and
extinguishing, and the supply of gas, has been carried out
at a cost of £4,767, the entire service being executed
by the Gas Light and Coke Company. Twenty-one lamps
in Parliament Square are supplied, lighted and maintained
by Her Majesty's Office of Works, to whom £60, included
in the above amount, was paid by the Vestry under a
special arrangement.