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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Vestry, after much deliberation, expressed its
views on the subject, and a committee was
appointed to formulate reasons in support of
them.
Better provision for the comfort and
As to Tramways,
Fire
Station, and
Police Station
at East
Dulwich.
welfare of the large portion of the parish comprised
in the district of East Dulwich, has
received great attention from the Vestry, and
it will be remembered that strenuous efforts
were made during the past year to effect
perhaps the most immediately necessary improvement
that could be effected, by obtaining
better means of transit to and from East
Dulwich The action of the Vestry in relation
to the provision of Tramways, is fully recorded
in the Report of your Surveyor. Strong
representations were also made for Fire
Brigade and Police Stations for East Dulwich,
but only in the latter case were they
successful. Perhaps when the Bill before the
House, for removing the limit for the Fire
Brigade rate, has become law, the equally
urgent necessity for a Fire Engine Station may
also be recognised.
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