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Fulham 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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During the past year additional gas-fittings has been purchased from
Messrs. Verity at a cost of £71 14s., some slight improvements have been
carried out at a cost of £45 16s. 8d. A lightning conductor has been fixed
at a cost of £50 10s. 8d., and the Hall Keeper's rooms ventilated at a cost of
£4 15s. 6d.
MORTUARY.
The London County Council has refused an application which was made
for a loan to cover the cost of the Mortuary and Coroner's Court, erected
by the Vestry in the Fulham Palace Road in 1889.
FULHAM RECREATION GROUND.
This piece of land, situate at the corner of Crown Road and Fulham
Palace Road, was offered to the Vestry by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
for the sum of £1,250 per acre. Of this amount the London County
Council on the 9th June, agreed to contribute one-half, or £5625. The
Vestry further received from the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association
a promise to contribute seats and "their utmost towards the expenses of
laying out, according to the state of their finances," and the offer of the
Commissioners was accepted on the 29th July. The land was taken
possession of and the work of laying out commenced on the 4th March, 1892.
The exact area of the land purchased was ascertained by survey to be
8 acres, 2 roods, 29 poles, 23 yards, which at £1,250 per acre, equals
£10,587 10s. In addition to this sum the Vestry had to pay £206 14s. 5d.
being the value of the iron fence erected by the Commissioners around the
ground.
INSANITARY AREAS.
There are not many areas in Fulham that, from the nature of the
construction of the property, can be classed as insanitary.
There are, however, one or two isolated rows of cottages in various
parts that are not constructed on sanitary principles, but by far the most
insanitary habitations in the Parish arc those dwelling-houses situated in
mews, and constructed over stables; most of these have no back ventilation
whatever.
The building regulations for London prevent an ordinary dwellinghouse
being constructed without front and back ventilation; yet a
person can build stables on the ground floor, call the premises a mews,
and several storeys above can be inhabited, although the only light and
ventilation to be obtained is from the front over a narrow, and, generally,
unclean stable yard.
BISHOP'S MEADOW.
Negotiations with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, in reference to the
conveyance of Bishop's Meadow and West Meadow to the Vestry, and
with the London County Council for the necessary loan to carry out

Table: LIGHTING.Subjoined are the particulars of the cost of lighting, &c., the lamps in the Parish. Schedule gives the cost of new lamps, &c., fixed during the year.The Gas Light and Coke Company.

LIGHTING.

Subjoined are the particulars of the cost of lighting, &c., the lamps in the Parish. Schedule gives the cost of new lamps, &c., fixed during the year.

The Gas Light and Coke Company.

Supply of Gas.£s.d.
1,244 lamps, including those fixed during the year, burning 5 feet per hour, 3,744.95 lighting hours per annum, 2s. 2d. per 1,000 feet, at £2 0s. 7½d. for gas per lamp, 15s. lighting. Total £2 15s. 7½d3,40556
2 lamps at 12 feet, do., do., at £4 17s. 6d. for gas per lamp, 15s. lighting £5 12s. 6d.1150
1 lamp at 15 feet, do., do., 3 quarters, including gas and lighting only440
1 lamp at 28 feet, do., do., at £11 7s. 6d. for gas per lamp, 20s. lighting, 5s. rent of column12126
22 lamps, by meter, at 2s. 2d. per 1,000 cubic feet, including £1 each for lighting, meter rent, various, rent of columns 5s. each213911
Gas at house and stables, Munster Road, at 2s. 9d. per 1,000 cubic feet5719
1 lamp at 30 feet, at £12 3s. 8d. for gas, 20s. lighting, and 5s. for rent of meter1388
Gas at Mortuary at 2s. 9d. per 1,000 cubic feet0121
Gas at Town Hall100810
£3,81887

Table: OTHER EXPENSES RELIGHTING.The Vestry having agreed to purchase the columns for the sum of £1,996, to be paid in four annual instalments, and 5 per cent. interest to be paid on the balance, the following sums have been paid on this and other accounts:—

OTHER EXPENSES RELIGHTING.

The Vestry having agreed to purchase the columns for the sum of £1,996, to be paid in four annual instalments, and 5 per cent. interest to be paid on the balance, the following sums have been paid on this and other accounts:—

£s.d.
Second instalment of purchase money49900
Interest on balance74170
Amount paid to Hammersmith Vestry for 9 lamps in Hammersmith Road3600
Amount paid to Hammersmith Vestry for lamps in Margravine Gardens700
Providing new lamp columns, &c.3961111
Fixing ordinary lamps and removals
Maintenance of large and small lamps for the year; less one month paid to Gas Light and Coke Company
£1013811
TOTAL COST OF LIGHTING.£s.d.
Gas lighting and repairs3,81887
Purchase of columns, lamps, removals, maintenance, &c.1,013811
£4831176