Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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Such being- the results of the experiment, they
afford, I think, ample justification for extending this
work of independent action by the Vestry.
to executing
ire work of
???rish.
To undertake the entire work of Watering,
Slopping, Carting Material for Road Repairs, and
other improvements throughout this extensive Parish,
appears at first sight to be a work of great magnitude,
this is correct; it is a matter which at the outset
requires very considerable thought, and careful
calculation,—but as the work has been partially
inaugurated and so successful, so it can be enlarged,
by judiciously increasing the appliances and providing
the necessary Depots and Plant for such
extended work.
???toria Road
hes (6)
One principal item of provision for this work
is the accommodation necessary for the requisite
number of Horses and for Storing the Plant. This,
it may be premised, is fortunately nearly provided
for even at present,—the 6 Railway Arches (now
rented of the Railway Company) at Victoria Road,
Peckham, being almost, if not quite, sufficient for all
purposes which will be required for the entire work.
T wo of these 6 Arches have been already fitted up
as Stables, and are at this time complete and capable