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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allow the tender of Messrs. Dick, Kerr and Co., for paving
Rye Lane, from Choumert Road to High Street, to be
received.
(ii.) That upon the London County Council agreeing
to grant a Loan for the paving of Rye Lane, the tender of
Messrs. Dick, Kerr & Co., Limited, as contained in their
letter of the 31st January, 1891, be accepted for the paving
of the margins of the roadway of Rye Lane from Choumert
Road to High Street with granite setts (except where otherwise
ordered by the Vestry with wood), in accordance with
the Specification to be prepared by your Surveyor, at the
price of 14s. 3d. per superficial yard, or in the event of any
part being laid with timber the price will be 4s. per superficial
yard less, the work to be carried out at the same time
as that done on behalf of the Tramway Company (who
pave the space between the tram lines, and eighteen inches
outside), to commence within four weeks of receiving order
from your Surveyor, after acceptance by Vestry of contract,
and complete the whole of the work within five weeks
from the date of the order of the Surveyor to commence, or
in default, be liable to a penalty of £50 for each week the
work is not completed.
Loth of these Resolutions were agreed to by the Vestry
on the 11th February, and at the same meeting it was
resolved to pave so much of Rye Lane as is in front of the
several places of worship with wood instead of granite
setts.
A letter was then received from Mr. W. F. Fowle. the
Secretary of the London, Camberwell and Dnlwich Tramways
Company, dated 31st January 1891, reminding the