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Lambeth 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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Church Street.—New 7-in. x 4-in. Aberdeen cube
crossing laid and grouted, opposite Mr. Hodges' Distillery.
Kennington Road—The crossing at St. Mary's Cross
taken up and re-laid with new 7-in. x 4-in. Aberdeen cubes on
concrete, and grouted.
Larkhall Lane.—New Purbeck kerb, and the footway at
corner, from Southville to the boundary, relaid with new 2½-in.
York paving.
Wandsworth Road.—A 6-ft. course of new 2½-in. York
paving laid from the Railway Arch to the corner of Nine Elms
Lane.
Cold Harbour Lane.—New Purbeck kerb laid at Gresham
Place, and in front of shop near the Green Man.
High Street, Vauxhall.—New 12-in. x 6-in. Devon
flat kerb; the footways re-laid and made good with new 2½-in.
York paving; and the crossings and channels taken up and
re-laid from Vauxhall Cross to Vauxhall Walk.
New Street, East Street.—New Purbeck kerb, with new
2½-in. York paving from doorways to line of kerb, and the
footways regulated and faced with fine gravel.
Brixton Oval.—In consequence of numerous complaints
from the inhabitants, and an application from the Commissioners
of Police, a new Cabstand has been laid and paved with new 7-in.
x 4-in. Aberdeen granite cubes, on concrete, and grouted.
Brothers Row.—The old paving taken up and re-laid, and
made good throughout with new 2½-in. York paving.
Oakley Street.—The old kerb taken up, jointed, and
re-set; the footways re-laid, and made good throughout, with
new 2½ in. York paving; new 7-in. x 4-in. Aberdeen granite
cubes channels, and the carriageway raised and coated with
broken Guernsey granite.
Stangate and Little Crozier Street.—The old kerb
re-set, the footways re-laid and made good, with new 2½-in. York
paving, from Palace New Road on the east side.