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Lewisham 1894

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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During the year new lamps have been fixed as follows:-
Limehouse—
1 in Gloucester Court.
1 at No. 11. Dud Street.
1 in Salmon Street.
1 in Mill Place. over the urinal.
Ratcliff—
1 in White Horse Street. by Ball's Buildings.
1 in Burton's Entry, white Horse Street.
2 in James' place.
1 in James street.
1 in Barnes Street.
1 in Narrow Street, over new urinal.
Smadwell—
1 in Juniper Street.
A bracket lamp has been removed from king John's Court,
Limehouse. the court having been temporarily stopped up.
A bracket lamp has been removed from the corner of No. 8,
York Square and Barnes Street, and a lamp and column fixed
in lieu thereof further north.
Two lamp posts have been removed from Juniper Street,
and one from West Gardens, Shadwell, and bracket lamps have
been substituted for the same.
Five lamp posts in Nightingale Lane, Wapping, have been
removed, and bracket lamps have been fixed to the Dock Wall
in lieu thereof.
CLEANSING AND WATERING.
The carriageways and footways of the principal streets
throughout the district are swept and cleansed daily, and the
other streets every alternate day. In bad weather the whole of