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Recommended:—That all public works in the Parish of
Camberwell, be, as far as possible, carried out by the Vestry,
and that preference of employment be given to residents in
the Parish.
Approved by the Vestry, November 16th, 1892.
Unemployed
Labour.
The reference to it by the Vestry of
the question of the unemployed was considered by your
Committee, which requested the Surveyor to put on all the
unemployed labour he requires to properly cleanse the roads
forthwith, such men to be parishioners, and married men
with families to have the preference.
Your Committee had under its consideration
the number of deaths from drowning caused through
the unprotected and dangerous condition of the Canal
Basin next Camberwell and Albany Roads.
Recommended:—That the Canal Company be
requested to erect for the protection of the public a fence
here at once.
Approved by the Vestry, October 19th, 1892.
On November 16th the Vestry passed another resolution
suggesting to the C anal Company that a fence be
erected from Rickett Smith's Wharf to Canal Street, and
from Cockerell s Wharf at Beckham to Boat-house Bridge,
at the expense of the Company.
Water Analysis,
St. Saviour's
District.
Your Committee considered a further letter
from the Board of Works for the St. Saviour's
District, enclosing report by its Analyst, Mr. R.
Bodmer, F.I.C., F.C.S., on analysis of water taken from