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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Lambeth Water Compare to demand any extra payment for
a bath in a private dwelling house.
(ii.) That the Vestry be requested to take such
immediate action as it may be advised to preclude the
Lambeth Water Company making such charges in future.
(iii.) That the Camberwell Vestry is hereby requested
to invite all the other Vestries and the District Boards in
South London, which represent ratepayers supplied by the
Lambeth Water Company, to confer, with a view to taking
similar action on behalf of the ratepayers of their respective
districts.
The Conference recommended:—That such a Conference
be held on Friday, November 18th, at 6 p.m., and that each
Vestry and District Board in the area supplied by the
Lambeth Water Company, be invited to send three representatives.
The Vestry approved this recommendation on October
19th, 1892.
Conference.
Water Co.'s
Charges.
In accordance with the directions of the
Vestry, a Conference of Vestries and District
Hoards interested in the Lambeth Water Company's charges
was convened, and eight Vestries and District Boards
appointed three delegates each. Messrs. Coward, Perks,
and Goddard Clarke were appointed to represent the Vestry.
The first meeting of the Conference was held on Friday,
November 18th.
Two other meetings of the Conference were also held,
one on the 9th of December, 1892, and the other on the
10th of March, 1893.