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UNDERGROUND CONVENIENCES
The Vestry decided, on August 6th, 1896, that in future
the Medical Officer should be responsible to the Sanitary
Committee and to the Vestry for the proper administration
of the Underground Conveniences in the Parish of
Lambeth, and these new duties were taken up by the
Medical Officer and his Staff on November 1st. The nature
and extent of these extra duties may be gathered from the
following particulars:—
There are at present, in the Parish of Lambeth, five
Underground Conveniences:
1 Male Vauxhall.
1 Male and 1 Female Hercules Road
1 Male and 1 Female Brixton Oval,
In connection with each Convenience there are two
Attendants:
Vauxhall.
Males F. Rodda and A. Beeke.
Hercules.
Male W. Lockyear and J. Moody.
Female Miss E. Davis and Mrs. E. Luckett.
Brixton Oval.
Male C. Lester and F. Parsons.
Female Mrs. C. Carrett and Mrs. C. Carter;
whilst a relief man (W. H. Bennett) has been appointed to
relieve the six Male Attendants in turn one day a week
(working, therefore, six days) and one Sunday in every
seven, and a relief woman (Mrs. C. Kimber) to relieve the
four Female Attendants in turn one day a week (working,
therefore, four days) and one Sunday in every four. There
is, in addition, an occasional relief man (Daley) and an
occasional relief woman (Mrs. High) who are temporarily
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