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After negociations with the Owner of the property and the Metropolitan Board of
Works the Vestry have arranged for the widening of Rotherhithe Street, at the King
and Queen Granary, by the purchase of the ground in front thereof, formerly enclosed
by iron rails, at a cost of £500, one moiety of which cost the Metropolitan Board of
Works have agreed to contribute upon the completion of the improvement, and the
other moiety will be defrayed by the Vestry.
Lighting.
Two additional Gas Lamps have been provided and fixed during the past year
viz:—One in Jamaica Level at the entrance to Ray mouth Road, and one in Rotherhithe
Street, near Ordnance Wharf, making the total number of Lamps lighted by the Surrey
Consumers Gas Compnay 373 (for particulars of Contract see page 9)
Cleansing, Watering, &c.
Mr. Alfred Thomas Hobman, is the Contractor for the supply of Men, Horses,
and Carts, at per day for man, horse and cart, and for the removal of sweepings from
the whole of the Roads and Streets, (after the same has been swept up by the Labourers
employed by the Vestry) to a shoot provided by the Vestry.
Mr. A. T. Hobman, also contracts for the supply of horses, harness, and drivers
for the Vestry's water carts. (For particulars of Contract see page 9)
Dusting.
Mr. William Etheridge is the Contractor for removing the dust, ashes, &c., from
the dwellings of the inhabitants, and out of the parish.
The Vestry have also arranged with Mr. Etheridge, that he shall, when required
take and remove from Mills, Factories, and Premises, Trade refuse, &c.,upon payment
to him by the Occupiers thereof at and after the rate of 3s. per load of one cubic yard
of such refuse. (For particulars of Contract see page 9)
Removal of Nuisances, Sanitary Measures, &c.
During the past year 164 Notices have been served in duplicate under the
"Nuisances Removal Act" upon complaints made by the Medical officer of Health,
and Inspector of Nuisances, 162 of which have been abated by the removal of the
cause of complaint and two are standing over.
A nuisance having been created at No. 517 Arch of the South Eastern Railway
by the storing of offensive matter for manure, a summons was in June 1872 issued, at
the Greenwich Police Court against Mr. Charles Williamson, the Occupier of the Arch,
upon the hearing of which the Magistrate fined him £5, but he failing to remove the
Nuisance he was summoned a second time and fined £10 half of the latter fine was
however ultimately mitigated upon the Defendants abating the Nuisance and quitting
the premises.