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St Giles (Camberwell) 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Duties of District Superintendents.—To supervise all
labour connected with district repairs and alterations to
public roads, footways and crossings, cleansing of same
and gullies, and carting, to regulate general building line,
road improvements, position of new lamps, to measure and
check materials, to supervise watering of roads in summer
and the cleansing of the same from snow in winter, to
make daily time sheets, returns, &c., to attend Committees
when required, to supervise collection of slop refuse, to
carry out re-naming and re-numbering orders, and to check
consumption of water used on roads, to report thereon to
Surveyor.
In addition to the above duties, Superintendents of
1 and 2 Districts have wharfs under their superintendence,
and No. 3 District the Henslowe Road Depot.
Dust
Suparintendent.
William Godfrey, 1891, £2 10s. to £3. £2 10s.
To superintend the collection of the Avhole of the house
refuse of the parish, to visit various shoots daily, to attend
stables at 6.15 a.m. to see men present for work. (Average
number of men on staff 34 (23 horses), which is supplemented
by extra hands in the winter months, to check accounts, to
make enquiries into complaints and to report on same.
Dust Superintendent's
Clerk.
E. Dowden, 1890, £1 5s. to £1 10s. per
week. £15 s.
To assist Superintendent in above work, to attend at
stables at 6.15 a.m. and leave stables at 6.30 p.m. after
booking-in all men, to keep time-book of all dustmen, and
make daily returns.
Superintendent
of Camberwell
C. Tarrant, 1859, £2 to £2 10s. £2 10s.
Green.
To keep in order ornamental garden at Camberwell
Green. To keep all flower beds, &c., in order in St.
George's Churchyard, and ground attached to the forecourt
of Vestry Hall. To have the control and management of
all trees at roadsides throughout parish.
Assistant
Gardener.
W. Osborne, 1893, £1 10s. to £2 weekly, £1
10s. Assistant Gardener.