London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Lambeth 1857

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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South Lambeth Road.—From Clapham Road to Vauxhall.—New
Purbeck kerb has been laid throughout on both sides,
and the footpaths re-constructed, made-up, and faced with fine
Uxbridge gravel.
Stockwell Road.—From Brixton Road to Clapham Road.
—New Purbeck kerb has been laid throughout on both sides,
and the footpaths re-constructed, made up, and faced with fine
Uxbridge gravel.
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Wandsworth Road.—New Purbeck kerb has been laid
on both sides from the Railway Arch to the boundary, and the
footpaths re-constructed, made-up, and faced with Uxbridge
gravel.
Denmark Hill.—From Camberwell New Road to Coldharbour
Lane, new 12-in.x6-in. granite kerb has been laid on
brickwork, and a 6-feet course of new 2½-inch York paving laid in
centre of footpath, and the remaining width made-up and faced
with fine gravel; and on one side of the remaining portion of
this road, new Purbeck kerb has been laid to the boundary ;
and the footpath re-constructed, made up, and faced with fine
Croydon gravel.
Harleyford Place.—The kerb has been taken up and
re-set, and the footpath re-constructed, made up, and faced
with fine Uxbridge gravel.
In carrying out the above works, wherever any paving that
was previously laid at the expense of the proprietors or inhabitants
of the houses on the above line of Roads was found
necessary to be disturbed to effect the improvements desired,
the same has been re-laid at the expense of the Vestry ; whereby
great public improvements have been effected, and private interests
interfered with as little as possible.
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