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Vestry of Bermondsey, for the purpose of erecting an apparatus for testing the quality
and quantity of the gas supplied in this District, and a Committee has been formed
to make the necessary experiments, and the Vestry has voted that a sum not exceeding
£100 be paid towards the erecting and working apparatus, in testing the quality of the
gas and in meeting the necessary expenses of such Committee.
CLEANSING, &c.
The Vestry have entered into a contract with Mr. A. T. Hobman, for the removal of
dust from the dwellings of the Inhabitants, and for cleansing the paved streets. (For
particulars of Contract, see page 4.)
REMOVAL OF NUISANCES' PROCEEDINGS, &c.
From 25th March, 1858, to 25th March, 1859, eighty Notices have been served
under the Nuisances' Removal Act, upon complaints made by the Medical Officer of
Health, and Inspector of Nuisances; thirty-two of which have been effectually abated
by proper drainage being made from the respective houses into covered sewers, and
forty-eight have been abated by removal.
Four Summonses have been issued, and Magisrates' orders obtained and carried
out.
Sixty-two notices to make drains and provide water-closets, ash-pits, and watersupply
have been served by order of the Vestry. In thirty-six cases the Owners have
properly complied therewith, and twenty-six are still standing over.
Twelve Notices of intention of Butchers to apply to have slaughterhouses
licensed in this Parish, were received by the Vestry, which were severally inspected
and reported upon by the Medical Officer of Health (see Medical Officer's thirty-third
Report, October, 1858). and eleven slaughterhouses were licensed by the Magistrates
in October, 1858.
In June, 1858, the Vestry appointed a valuer, under the Act of 10th George
4th, cap. 131, to assist the Churchwardens and Overseers in ascertaining and estimating
the annual value of all or any houses, lands, &c., and other rateable property
within the parish, also four assistant valuers, viz.,—Mr. Benjamin Shipley Slipper,
valuer, and Messrs. Henry Ravenhill, James Ford, Gervase Foottit, and Charles Hay,
assistant valuers, and have voted the sum of £30 towards payment of the necessary
expenses for the current year.
A schedule of the duties of the several Officers of the Vestry has been drawn up
and printed.
A Committee consisting of the Churchwardens, Overseers, and the whole Vestry
has been appointed to investigate into the several charities of this parish.