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Westminster 1892
[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,
1892-1893.
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 quantities of materials used in maintaining and keeping in
repair the carriageways, and also in sanding the wood paving
during frosty weather, are as follows:—
Guernsey Granite, 802 cubic yds. Hogging 395 cubic yds.
Flints 452 ,, Ballast 754 ,,
| Situation. | Area. | When laid. | First Cost. | Cost of Maintenance. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sq. yards. | Per square yard. | |||||
| £ | S. | d. | ||||
| Buckingham-gate | 1,271 | Aug., 1880 | 699 | 0 | 0 | 10d. |
| Brompton-road and Kensington-road | †32.040 | Sept., 1880 | 16,803 | 0 | 0 | ¾d. |
| Ditto (crossings, &c.) | 523 | Sept., 1892 | 175 | 0 | 0 | |
| Parliament-street | 1,670 | Nov., 1880 | 1,266 | 0 | 0 | l0d. |
| Victoria-street | *14,029 | Aug., 1881 | 7,308 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ditto (crossings.&c.) | 438 | „ 1890 | 172 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gt. Smith-street | ‡ 2,079 | ,, 1881 | 1,083 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marsham-street | §1,397 | 729 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Princes-street | 1,282 | Sept., 1881 | 668 | 0 | 0 | l½d. |
| Gt. George-street | *3,494 | ,, | 1,820 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bridge-street | *2,279 | ,, | 1,183 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ditto | 341 | May, 1889 | 149 | 0 | 0 | |
| Broad-sanctuary | *7,420 | Sept., 1881 | 3.865 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ditto (crossings) | 219 | Aug., 1890 | 86 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whitehall | ¶10,111 | „ 1882 | 5,608 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strutton-ground | 1,039 | Jan., 1884 | 458 | 0 | 0 | 2½d. |
| York-street | 2.231 | July, 1885 | 1,132 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chapter-street | 1,796 | May, 1886 | 860 | 0 | 0 | |
| Millbank- street | ||2,071 | 998 | 0 | 0 | 1d | |
| Great Chapel-street | 2,218 | June, 1886 | 1,067 | 0 | 0 | |
| Caxton-street | 1,309 | July, 1886 | 551 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ditto | 151 | Aug., 1892 | 69 | 0 | 0 | |
| Palmer-street | 520 | July, 1886 | 220 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rochester-row | 5,565 | " | 2,584 | 0 | 0 | ½d. |
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