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Lewisham 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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PUBLIC URINALS.
A new Urinal has been erected at the corner of Wilson Street and
White Horse Street, Rateliff.
The Urinals are flushed and cleansed with water by men employed
by the Board
CLEANSING & WATERING.
The principal paved streets are cleansed daily, and the others not
lees than twice a week.
During the past season the whole of the streets, &c., have been
constantly watered by the Contractors, with water from the East
London Water Works.
RE-NAMING STREETS, &C.
The Metropolitan Board of Works have made an order for renaming
the thoroughfare extending from High Street, Stepney, to the
Bridge over the Regent's Canal, in Rhodeswell Road, in the Hamlet of
Mile End Old Town, and the Limehouse District, "Ben Jonson Road,"
and for re-numbering the houses therein.
Orders have been served upon the occupiers of the houses in the
part of such thoroughfare in this District, to alter their numbers
accordingly, and the new name has been put up.
IMPROVEMENTS.
Limehouse Fields Improvement.
The surplus land has been offered tor sale in 10 lots, and lots 1,
2, 4,5, 9, and 10 have been disposed of. There were no tenders for