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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camberwell) 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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The purchase has now been completed, and the Council
are in possession of the land, and it is hoped that it will be
thrown open to the use of the public at a very early date.
A resolution having been passed by the Vestry:—
"That in the opinion of this Vestry it is desirable to
preserve the rural character of the Peckham Rye
Extension, and to close it at night."