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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St George (Southwark) 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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closed the houses, presumably with a view of demolition. Here, again,
I would venture to suggest that an excellent opportunity is afforded to the
present Borough Council of acquiring a desirable site for an open space.
Other areas to which the future attention of the London County
Council might with advantage be directed are :—
I. The group of streets in Ward III. around Sterry Street, Providence
Place, Fisher's Buildings, and Fox's Buildings, with about 20 houses in
Tabard Street.
II. An area in Ward II. comprising more or less of St. George's
Market, Butcher Row, Dantzic Street, and Parliament Street.