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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(а) That local authorities concerned should endeavour to secure voluntary
arrangements for the admission of children to enclosures under suitable
conditions.
(b) The recovery of betterment charges from owners of adjoining
properties.
(c) That where no proper arrangements are in force for the management
of the open space, the squares should be maintained out of the proceeds of
a special rate levied upon the occupiers entitled to use the squares ; or that
the squares may be vested in the Borough Council as open spaces.
(d) That hedges surrounding a square should be replaced by grass verges
and that railings of a heavy type should be replaced by a lighter type.
The following squares and open spaces in this Borough are
included in the schedule:—
Part I. (Squares in respect of which restrictions against building already
exist):—
Addington Square. Garden enclosure and playground bounded on all sides by
the roadway of Addington Square.
Azenby Road. Open playground bounded on all sides by the roadway of
Azenby Road.
Brunswick Park. Pleasure ground, including asphalt playground, bounded on
the north by the rear of premises in Elmington Road, on the east and south
by the roadway of Brunswick Square, and on the west by the rear of premises
in Benhill Road.
Cox's Walk. Enclosure bounded on the north by the roadways of Lordship
Lane and Dulwich Common, on the east partly by the rear of Nos. 524 to
530 and the Nursery, Lordship Lane, and partly by the railway embankment
of Southern Railway, on the south by the public footpath to Sydenham Hill,
and on the west by the premises and lands of Grove House, Dulwich Common.
Dulwich Village Green. Enclosure situate at the junction of the roadways of
Dulwich Village and Village Way.
The Gardens. Garden enclosure bounded on all sides by the roadway of the
Gardens.
Grove Crescent. Long narrow enclosure forming with the roadway a common
frontage to Nos. 167 to 183 and 183a, Camberwell Grove.
Grove Lane. Recreation ground bounded on the north by the rear of Nos. 14
to 34 (even), De Crespigny Park, on the east by the London County Council
Grove Lane School, on the west partly by No. 12, De Crespigny Park and
partly by Maudsley Hospital, and on the south by Maudsley Hospital.
Leyton Square. Garden enclosure bounded on the south-east by premises in
Leyton Square and on the other sides by the roadway of Leyton Square.
Lyndhurst Square. Enclosure bounded on all sides by the roadway of Lyndhurst
Square.
South Grove. Enclosure bounded on the north by rear of Nos. 1 to 43, Elm
Grove and vacant land in that road on the east by No. 34, Elm Grove, on
the south by the roadway of South Grove, and on the west by the roadway
of Victoria Road.
Sumner Road. Recreation ground bounded on the north by Nos. 2 to 30, Middle
Street, on the east by No. 127, Commercial Road, on the south by Nos. 101
to 123, Commercial Road, and on the west partly by Camden Church Schools
and partly by Sumner Road.
Varcoe Road. Recreation ground bounded on the north partly by the roadway
of Verney Road and partly by the rear of Nos. 92 to 98, Verney Road, on the
east partly by No. 92, Verney Road, and partly by No. 25, Varcoe Road, on