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Rotherhithe 1870
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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intention to apply to the Special Sessions for licenses for their slaughter-houses, and they
having been severally inspected by the Medical Officer of Health, were all duly licensed
by the magistrates in October, 1870.
Cow Houses.
The six Cow-houses heretofore licensed in this parish were re-licensed by the magistrates
in October last, they having also been previously inspected by the Medical Officer
of Health.
For further particulars as to sanitary matters, see the Medical Officer of Health's
Annual Report hereto annexed (Appendix No. 1).
Financial.
£1,000 has been paid off the Paving Loan borrowed of Mr. J. W. Barrett, leaving
£1,000 to be repaid by yearly instalments of £200 each, with interest at £5 per cent.
per annum.
£1,419 6s. has been paid off the Loan borrowed of Mr. Robert Lawrence for
paving the carriageways, Union Road and Deptford Lower Road, leaving £8,042 14s.
to be repaid by equal annual instalments within a period of eighteen years, with interest
at £5 per cent. per annum.
The Loan of £600 obtained of Mr. Edward Talbot, and the Loan of £200 obtained
of Mr. Edmond George Dannell for Sewers' Works, also the two Loans of £1,500 each
obtained from the same gentlemen for Paving Works, still continue; these Loans being
repayable in ten and fifteen years respectively. The Vestry set aside £280 yearly to
form a sinking fund to pay the same off at the expiration of the said terms.
The following applications for the erection of new houses and buildings have also been received, and plans checked and approved.
| Number of Notices. | Number of Houses. | Additions to Houses. | Warehouses and other Buildings. | Churches, Chapels, Schools, and additions to same. | Total Number of New Buildings. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 70 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 86 |
A length of 218 feet of 12-inch pipe drain has been laid m the Return Gomm Road, at a cost of £55 17s. 6d., which was apportioned as follows:—
| Amount to be paid by the Owners of houses in the Road, | £34 | 7 | 6 |
| Amount contributed by Vestry | 21 | 10 | 0 |
| Total | £55 | 17 | 6 |
Paving Works.
The following materials have been used in repairing the Roads during the year ending 25th March, 1871, viz.:—
| Broken Guernsey Granite | 1113 cubic yards. |
| Ditto Bombay Stone | 747 „ „ |
| Ditto Common Stone | 580 „ „ |
| Ditto Port Phillip Stone | 47 „ „ |
| Gravel | 185 „ „ |
| Hoggin | 140 „ „ |
| Granite Siftings | 24 „ „ |
| Hard Core for foundation | 554 „ „ |
| Slop Carted, viz., | |
| Parish roads | 1890 yards |
| Main roads | 3889 „ |
| 5779 „ | |