Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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Dodds.Placo 1 Lower Road 1
Lovat Place 1 Luxford Street 1
Mary's Place 1 Platform Wharf 1
Trinity Road .1
Drainage Works.
One hundred and fiftyseven notices have been received in reference to the redrainage
of houses, erection of new houses, etc., as follows: —
Existing houses redrained 138
Buildings and premises other than houses drained or redrained 17
New houses erected or rebuilt and drained 8
Other buildings do. do 17
New W.C.s and conveniences built and drained 16
Alterations and additions to houses 23
House drains cleansed 21
Do. (sanitary requisition) 14
Do. (by agreement) 14
268
In connection with the above twentythree new connections have been made with the
sewers ; of this number five were connected to the County Council's sewers. The cost
charged to the owners for the connections and for the necessary interceptor and inspection
chamber under the footway where no forecourt existed (23), amounted to £226 153. 3d.
Street Watering
The number of standposts remain the same (7) as mentioned in my last report, but,
owing to complaints received from basement flooding, the one fixed in Silwood Street at the
corner of Rotherhithe New Road has been removed to Rotherhithe New Road, near South
Bermondsey Station.