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St Giles (Camberwell) 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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cases the competitors have sufficiently complied with the
instructions issued to entitle each to the honorarium of 20
guineas offered by the Commissioners.
The Vestry approved of the Report of Mr. Barry, and
unanimously agreed to the application being made to the
London County Council for a loan of £16,000.
Camberweii -At; a Vestry, held on the 5th March, 1890, the
Bath &housesWash" Commissioners reported that they had received
an offer of a freehold site of land at the rear of Camberweii
Green (East side), which they considered would enable
them to place the benefits of the Act within reach of
a very large and necessitous portion of the parish.
The site would afford a main entrance in a few yards
of, and within site of, Church Street, and a second entrance
in Harvey Road.
In regard to the position, size, and price, it is the best
and most economical site which has come under notice
for this district, and the Commissioners confidently recommended
it to the Vestry, as one which, in their belief, would
yield a good trading return. The lowest price for which it
can be obtained is £3,000 (Land Tax redeemed).
The following motion was carried : That the sanction of
the Vestry, in accordance with the provisions of the Act 9
and 10 Vict., Cap. 74, an " Act to encourage the establish"
ment of Public Baths and Wash-houses," be and is hereby
given to the Commissioners (with the approval of the Local
Government Board) borrowing the sum of £3,000, with
interest thereon, the repayment by annual instalments to be
extended over a period not exceeding thirty years, for the