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St Giles (Camberwell) 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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find from reports of their City, and Gas Engineers, Mr. W.
H. Preece and Colonel William Haywood, that no application
has been made for that purpose.
If the Vestry resolve upon giving their assent to the
Provisional Order it becomes important to consider what
streets should be scheduled in the Provisional Order for the
compulsory laying down of mains. In all Parishes where
orders have been granted the main thoroughfares have been
so inserted. We have been in communication with the
Company's Solicitors on that point and a letter has been
received from them that their Clients have not yet fixed
upon any streets to be specially scheduled. Another letter
has been recently received stating that they are enabled to
report a portion of the Parish which should be within the
area of supply, namely that portion which lies to the north
running from the corner of Vassal 1 road along Camberwell
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New road, Church street, Peckham road, High street, Peckham,
and Queen's road, Peckham. We have written to them
We presume, on account of the great expense and serious responsibility of establishing Electric Lighting Stations, they have however assented to three Company's obtaining Provisional Orders for supplying Electric Light to the City, and have also advertised for tenders for the different Districts for the supply with the following result:—
| District. | No. of Are Lamps. | Price per Lamp. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| No. 1 | 121 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3,146 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 2 | 138 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3,588 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 3 | 136 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 3,290 | 0 | 0 |
| 395 | Total | £10,024 | 1 | 4 | |||