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Wandsworth 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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APPENDIX No. 3.
SURVEYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT,
1890-1891.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report upon the
works and services executed by the department under my control,
together with other matters relating to general business.
maintenance of streets.
The quantity of materials used in maintaining and keeping in
repair the carriageways, and also in sanding the wood paving
during frostv weather, is as follows:—
Guernsey granite, 995 cubic yds.
Broken stones 86 „
Flints 728 „
Hogging 34 cubic yds.
Ballast1,081 „
| Situation. | Area. | When laid. | First Cost. | Cost of Maintenance. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sq. yards. | £ | s. | d. | Per square yard. | ||
| Buckingham Gate | 1,274 | Aug., l880 | 699 | 0 | 0 | 10d. |
| Brompton Road and Kensington Road | 28,296 | Sept., 1880 | 14,840 | 0 | 0 | 2d. |
| Parliament Street | 1,670 | Nov., 1880 | 1,266 | 0 | 0 | 10d. |
| Gt. Smith Street | 2,079 | Aug., 1881 | 1,083 | 0 | 0 | 3½d. |
| Marsham Street | 1,397 | „ | 729 | 0 | 0 | Nil. |
| Princes Street | 1,282 | Sept., 1881 | 668 | 0 | 0 | 1d. |
| Whitehall | 10,111 | Aug., 1882 | 5,608 | 0 | 0 | 3d. |
| Strutton Ground | 1,039 | Jan., 1884 | 458 | 0 | 0 | 1¼d. |
| York Street | 2,231 | July, 1885 | 1,132 | 0 | 0 | Nil. |
| Chapter Street | 1,796 | May, 1886 | 860 | 0 | 0 | „ |
| Millbank Street | 2.071 | „ | 998 | 0 | 0 | ¾d. |
| Great Chapel Street | 2,218 | June, 1886 | 1,067 | 0 | 0 | ¼d. |
| Caxton Street | 1,309 | July, 1886 | 551 | 0 | 0 | Nil. |
| Palmer Street | 520 | „ | 220 | 0 | 0 | „ |
| Rochester Row | 5,565 | „ | 2,584 | 0 | 0 | „ |
| James Street | 2,326 | Oct., 1886 | 1,018 | 0 | 0 | „ |
| Ditto | 2,475 | Dec., 1887 | 928 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bessborough Gardens | 5,548 | Aug., 1887 | 2,171 | 0 | 0 | Nil. |
| Bessborough Street | ||||||
| Moreton Street | 655 | „ | 254 | 0 | 0 | „ |
| Grey Coat Place | 1,849 | Dec., 1887 | 698 | 0 | 0 | „ |
| Tothill Street | 4,220 | „ | 1,583 | 0 | 0 | ¼d. |
| Broadway | ||||||
| Dacre Street | 467 | Oct., 1888 | 204 | 0 | 0 | ¼d. |
| King Street | 867 | „ | 423 | 0 | 0 | Nil. |
| Horseferry Road | 1,534 | Nov., 1889 | 658 | 0 | 0 | „ |
| Seville Street | 356 | „ | 153 | 0 | 0 | „ |
| Warwick Street | 262 | „ | 113 | 0 | 0 | „ |
| William Street | 685 | „ | 292 | 0 | 0 | „ |
| Bridge Street | 341 | May, 1889 | 149 | 0 | 0 | „ |
| Ditto | 3,466 | Relaid Aug, 1890. | 10s. 5d. per yd. | |||
| Albert Gate & Knsbdg. | 4,087 | „ | ||||
| Broad Sanctuary | 7,842 | „ | ||||
| Gt. George Street | 2,104 | „ | ||||
| Victoria Street | 14,467 | „ | ||||
| Road at rear of Sessions House, Broad Sanctuary | 698 | Aug. 1890 | ||||
| Regency Street | 1,386 | „ | 723 | 0 | 0 | |