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Rotherhithe 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Sewers is an entire mistake ; your officers will find that from May, 1853, to December,
1855 it may have been attended to twice or three times, but certainly not more,—so
much so, that the officer of the late Board then in charge of the District, was fully
aware of the state thereof, and the Vestry have only been enabled to keep this part of
the parish drained by the most vigilant attention to the tidal flap, which is constantly
attended to, and the man-hole has been altered and enlarged, and gratings and regulators
provided, at the cost of the Vestry, to afford ready access to the flap, although
they regret that since the tide has recently been so largely admitted to the Earl Sewer,
a much greater quantity of deposit has been flushed up to and left on the outside of
the flap, causing additional expense to the Vestry for the removal thereof, and stopping
the outlet of the Deptford-road Sewer.
The Vestry would urge upon you their strong conviction that the Deptford-road
Sewer has more work than it can do, and that it is absolutely necessary that increased
facilities should be afforded by your Board, without delay, to accelerate the delivery at
the outlet.
I am, gentlemen,
To Your obedient servant,
The Metropolitan Board of Works. (Signed) R. Shafto Hawks,
Clerk.
To which the Vestry received a reply, enclosing copy report of the Engineer to
the Metropolitan Board of Works, together with an order declaring the Deptfordroad
Sewer to be a main sewer, as follows—
Metropolitan Board of Works,
1;Greek Street Soho,
Dear Sib, 12th August 1858.
I am directed to transmit to you the accompanying copy of a Report, made
by the Engineer to the Metropolitan Board of Works, and a copy of the order
of the Hoard, relative to the Deptford Lower-road Sewer mentioned in your letter of
the 10th instant.
I am, dear Sir,
R. S. Hawks, Esq. Yours faithfully,
61, Paradise Street (Signed) E. H. Woolrych,
Rotherhithe. Clerk to the Board.
Engineer's Department,
1, Greek-street Soho.
30th July 1858.
On communication from the Vestry of Rotherhithe, having reference to the
connection recently formed by this Board, between the Earl and the
Duflield Main Sewers, by the construction of the Sewer in the Deptford
Lower-road.
Gentlemen,—
On the 2nd of July the Board ordered that a copy of my report, recommend-

VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTHERHITHE, SURREY.

GENERAL ABSTRACT OF WORKS.

Executed under Contracts, Agreements, &c., for Special and General Works. One year, ending 25th March, 1859.

Paving, Lighting, and General Purposea Rate.PAVING.Lighting.Watering.Cleansing and repairing Macadamized Roads and Footpaths.Improving.Removing Dust and cleansing PavedStreets.Total.
Footway.Carriageway.
£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
Paviours and Masons employed by the Vestry206192........................206192
Ditto ditto ditto....169144....................169144
Surrey Consumers' Gas Company........1571150
Contributions (Ackland and Fatherly)........10129................1582109
Samuel Wright, Cartage................26750
Wages of Day Labourers and Stone-Breaking................3391410........6061910
Removing Dust, &c.........................2788427884
Cost of Site of Improvement, Rotherhithe Street....................35354....35354
3197179