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Bermondsey 1898

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1898

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HOUSES PULLED DOWN.
The widening of the South-Eastern Railway has caused
the following houses and premises to he pulled down: —
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 Artillery Place,
75. 77,79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91 Artillery Street.
94, Tanner Street.
4, 5, 6 Church Street.
Mr. McCarthy's house and factory, Millstream Road.
13, 15, Gedling Street.
1, 2, 3, 17, 18, 19, 21 Druid Street.
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Perseverance Street.
7 Neckinger Place.
97, 99, 101 Rouel Road.
165, 167, 169, 171 Abbey Street.
For the enlargement of Riley Street School eight houses
in Assembly Place, two in Tanner Street, two in Mellick's
Place, two in Riley Street, and two in Sun Street have been
pulled down. For the erection of Catholic Schools six
houses in Arnold's Place have been pulled down.
Up to the present no provision has been made for the
persons displaced.
OPEN SPACE, PARKER'S BUILDINGS.
The forecourts in Parker's Buildings have been drained
and surface asphalted by the Vestry, and this open space
is much appreciated and used by the children of the neighbourhood.
OVERCROWDING PRIVATE SCHOOL.
A private school, on inspection was found to be overcrowded
and without the required superficial area for each