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St Giles (Camberwell) 1886

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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At the Election of Guardians held under the new scheme, in
April last, the following were elected for the several Wards:—
The St. Georges West Ward:—Rev. Hugh Boswell Chapman,
177, Camden grove north, Peckham; John Sugden, 19, Peckham
grove.
The St. George's East Ward:—James Bassett, 322, Old Kent
road; George Linstead, 316, Old Kent road.
The Camden Ward:—Henry John Bickerstaff, 30, Brunswick
square, Camberwell; Hugh Holland Massey {ViceChair
man), 2, North terrace, Peckham road, Camberwell.
The North Peckham Ward:—John Alfred Davis, Canterbury
road and 13, Meeting House lane; Joseph Faullmer, 101,
Asylum road, Peckham; John Andrew Lyon [Chairman),
"St. Mary-le-Strand House," Leo street, Old Kent road.
The South Peckham Ward:—John Borland, 181, High street,
Peckham; William Leonard Dowton, 84, Bye lane, and " Bose
hill," London road, Forest hill; John Howard, "Windsor lodge,"
31, Linden grove, Peckham; Edwin Jones, Nos. 3 to 21, Bye
lane, Peckham.
The Camberwell and Dulwich Ward:—Charles Burls, " The
Red house," Peckham Bye common ; George Stephens Mansell,
34, Church street, Camberwell, and 11, The Terrace, Peckham
road; Bobert Arthur Puckle, 201, Camberiyell grove; Edward
Dresser Bogers, "Rockley," Champion park; David Maurice
Sergeant, M.D., 6, North terrace, Camberwell; George Crispe
Wliiteley, " The Chestnuts," Dulwich common.
relief of the unemployed of the metropolis.
The subject of the relief of the unemployed of London
was fully dealt with in the Vestry's Annual Report for
1885-6. The generous extent to which means of relief were
placed at the disposal of the Mansion House Relief
Organisation, judging from results, was thoroughly effective
in meeting the emergency, but in January, last, the Vestry