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St Giles (Camberwell) 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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269
STEAM DISINFECTOR AND DESTRUCTOR.
In pursuance of the Vestry's resolution of the 30th
September, 1891, a Disinfecting Apparatus was purchased
of Messrs. Groddard, Massey & Warner, and the
site eventually determined upon by your Committee in
conjunction with the General Purposes Committee was at
the Vestry Depot, Peckham Park Road, where the same is
erected with suitable enclosure buildings, and contiguous
thereto a Destructor and shaft has also been built.
PUBLIC URINALS.
1. *Addington square, next
berwell road.
2. Caspian street, New Church
road.
3. *Denmark hill, opposite
berwell green.
4. Havil street, rear of Vestry
Hall.
5. Hanover street, next Rye lane.
6. Hill street, opposite Oakley
place.
7. *Joiners' Arms yard, Denmark
hill.
8. Old Kent road, opposite
ley place.
9. Orchard row, Camberwell New
road.
10. Peckham High street, opposite
Hill street.
11. Peckham rye, Cross road near
Nunhead lane.
12. Peckham rye, opposite
"Heaton Arms."
13. Rotherhithe New road, next
St. James' road.
14. Southampton street, by Wells
street.
15. *Sumner road, next
mercial road.
16. Upland road, by Police
Station.
17. Wells street, at St. George's
Bridge.
18. *Wyndham road, at Railway
Bridge.
19. Commercial road, next
ampton street.
20. *Lyndhurst road.
The urinals are regularly cleansed, and the water for
flushing them is supplied by the Water Companies serving
the respective districts. The charge for such water is £6
per urinal per annum, except to those marked *which are
now supplied by meter.
WILLIAM HOWE,
Chairman of Sewers and Sanitary Sub-Committee.
JAMES FOSTEN,
Vice- Chairman.