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St Giles (Camberwell) 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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long complained about, may be got rid of as quickly
as possible.
Your Committee beg to call attention to the many
delays and difficulties which have to be overcome in
connexion with this description of work, arising
from persistent opposition in some instances, in
numerous others from the great difficulty of collection
even of a portion of the cost before they are
executed, (a course which it has been found necessary
to adopt, so as not to embarrass the finances
of the Vestry), and to many other causes, both
legal and technical, which seriously impede the
carrying out of these works so rapidly as the Committee
would desire.
The following is a list of the "New Roads" referred
to which have been Paved and taken under the
Vestry control, under Clause 105 of the Metropolis
Local Management Act, 18 & 19 Vic., cap.
120.
Length
in yards.
1 Albert Load 789
2 Ann Street, Neate Street (part of) 137
3 Brayard's Road, Peckham (part of) 95
4 Carlton Road, Asylum Road 323
5 Carlton Grove, Asylum Road (south end next
Queen's Road) 158
6 Denman Road, Talfourd Road 293