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St Giles (Camberwell) 1876

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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"Watering and Slopping of the whole Parish; and
"although a very considerable amount of work has
"been done, much effort will yet be required to
"inaugurate a complete system.
"In the interim, the Committee trust the Vestry
"will support them in the attempt they have made to
"bring about an alteration from the contracting
"system, which had proved totally unable to cope
"with the requirements of this Urge Parish."
The generous response given by the Vestry to
these recommendations encouraged your Committee
vigorously to set about the laborious work thus selfimposed.
It may perhaps be considered the best
method of explaining the modus operandi employed
for carrying out this extensive scheme if the Report
dated October 2nd, 1876, is here repeated—