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St Giles (Camberwell) 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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carts, &c., the Yestry collecting the Dust, as during
the past year.
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By this latter Tender the cost, including
paying Collectors of Dust, Staff, &c., would have
amounted to about £1750, which sum might possibly
have been lessened by £100 by the sale of
Dust to brickmakers, &c.
After much deliberation by the Yestry, the
Tender of Mr. Parsons, as above, was accepted, at a
possible saving of £250, but with the contingency of
the work being less satisfactorily performed than
when wholly under the Yestry control.
THE LATE CLERK OF WORKS.
Your Committee desire to record their sincere
regret at the loss of Mr. William Wilkins, late
Principal Clerk of Sewers Works under this Yestry.
The decease of this valuable Officer is regretted by
all with whom he came in contact, and by the
parishioners, who had frequent occasion to