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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
Rotherhithe 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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Road, which were subject to the experiments, as they considered they had determined all
that was necessary; in a communication received from the Company, they were prepared to
undertake the lighting, repairs, cleaning, and all responsibility in connection with lamps
fitted with incandescent burners upon payment of 67/6 per lamp per annum, with an addition
of 50/per annum for every additional burner fixed in the same lantern ; but as these
charges were in excess of those now paid for ordinary burners the Vestry declined to accept
the offer.
The cost of the new urinal, which has white glazed stoneware divisions, was as follows
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macfarline's a/c | 41 | 11 | 0 | |||
| ,, extra for roof. | 14 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 56 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Company's charges and connecting by Vestry's Plumber | 4 | l | 0 | |||
| £60 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| During the year the whole of the urinals were thoroughly cleaned down and repainted at a cost of £23 10s. 0d. The total cost of the maintenance of the 11 urinals for the Year is as follows:— | ||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Wages, urinal man, 52 weeks | 70 | 7 | 0 | |||
| ,, Sundays and Bank Holidays | 7 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 77 | 14 | 6 | ||||
| Water Supply and Meter Rents:— | ||||||
| Rotherhithe New Road and Bush Road | 10 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Lower and Hawkstone Roads | 6 | 16 | 5 | |||
| Halfway House, Rotherhithe New Road | 8 | 19 | 8 | |||
| Union and Lower Roads | 14 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Railway Avenue | 6 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Neptune Street | 4 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Rotherhithe Street, near Swan Lane | 7 | 2 | 3 | |||
| ,, by Vestry's Wharf | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrick Street | 9 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Globe Street | 5 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Lavender Bridge | 4 | 18 | 4 | |||
| 82 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Cleaning and repainting urinals | 23 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Repairs to urinals | 9 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Urinal brooms and tools | 0 | 16 | 6 | |||
| £193 | 11 | 1 | ||||
The gas consumed in the Clock Tower of the Town Hall not being separated from the
consumption of the whole of the Offices and Council Chamber, an additional meter has been
fixed upon the supply to the Tower, so as to determine the amount consumed in lighting the
Clock ; an automatic arrangement for raising and lowering the supply has also been fixed,
and one of the dials, as an experiment, has been fitted with reflecting cones, which is a
great improvement; with only two burners alight as against four in each of the other dials
the saving of gas is probably 30 per cent., the burners being larger than the original ones.