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Rotherhithe 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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THE
ANNUAL REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
From January 1st to December 31st, 1897.
To the Chairman and Members of the Rotherhithe Vestry:—
Gentlemen,
I have the pleasure herewith of offering to your not.'ce my Annual
Report, compiled from the various Reports that have been submitted to you at the regular
halfmonthly meetings during the year.
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| No. | Description. | No. | Description. | No. | Description. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRONWORK.—con. | MATERIALS.—con. | MATERIALS.—con. | |||
| 2 | Bolts 2 in. by 3/8 in. | 7 lbs. | Spun Yarn | 44 ft.10in. | Run Old Kerb |
| 24 | Do. 1½ in. by ¼ in. | 2 lbs. | Worsted | 386 | Granite Tram |
| 4 | Do. 4 in. by 3/8 in. | 1 ball | Cotton | 90 tons | 3 by 7 New Pitching |
| 60 | Split Pieces | 1 | Sheet Asbestos Pack. | 20 „ | 4 by 7 do. |
| 42 | Footirons | 20 lbs. | Asbestos Packing | 100 „ | Redressed Pitching |
| ½ ton | Old Iron | 3 | Manhole Rings | 10 „ | Old do. |
| 24 | Mudhole Rings | ½ „ | Old York do. | ||
| 1 | Barrel Stockholm Tar | 6 tons | Crusted Granite | ||
| 14 lbs. | Red Lead | 2 cwt. | Pitch | 160 yds. | Ballast |
| 11 lbs. | White Lead | 744 | Candles | 33 1/3 | Sand |
| 1 gal. | Brunswick Black | 1 cask | Carbolic | 1½ „ | Lime |
| 1 gal. | Naptha | 2½bags | Sanitas Powder | 19 „ | Hoggin |
| 1 cask | Cask Paraffin | 1 cask | Sanitas | 33 „ | Cement |
| ½ gal. | Boiled Oil | 1½ tons | Steam Coal | 330 „ | Blue Paving Bricks |
| 2 gals. | Colza Oil | 52 ft. 6 in. | Sup. Rubbed York | 18166 | Stock Bricks |
| 1 drum | Machine Oil | 109G ft. | Sup. Tooled York | Timber. | |
| ½ gal. | Turps | 396 ft.6 in. | Sup. Victoria Paving | ||
| 1 drum | Cylinder Oil | 50 ft. | Sup. Old Paving | 1565 ft. | 9 in. by 3 in. Planks |
| ½ drum | Axle Oil | 10 ft. | Run York Edging | 10 ft. | 11 in. by 4 in. do. |
| 1 drum | Leather Sell | 575 ft.8 in. | Run New Granite Kerb | 900 ft. | 7 in by 2 in. Runners |
| ½ cask | Cart Grease | 14 ft. | Run New Granite Circular | 8 ft. | 5 in. by 3 in. do. |
| 14 lbs | Soft Soap | 50 ft. | 3 in. by 2 in. do. | ||
| 14 lbs. | Tallow | 184 ft.8 in. | Run Redressed Kerb | 294 | Polling Boards |
| 1 cwt. | Waste | 22 ft. 2 in. | Run Redressd Circular Kerb | 3 | Sleepers |
| 1 cwt. | Boiler Composition | 25 ft.l0 in. | Run 12 by 8 Redressed | 60 ft. | Dice Square |
| 1 ball | Tar Band | Kerb | 64 | Scaffold Poles |