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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Rotherhithe 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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The Sewer in the Manor Road having been completed by the Vestry of Bermondsey,
towards the cost of which this Vestry contributed £450, the house drains on the east side
of the road in this parish, are in course of being properly connected therewith, and the temporary
cesspools and drainage abolished.
Paving Works.
The following works have been done with new and old stone, from March 1866, to
March, 1867
New carriage-paving laid 124 tons.
Old carriage-paving relaid 1199 yards.
Channel laid 5418 feet run.
Carriage-paving redressed 391 yards super.
New kerb laid 11643 feet run.
Old kerb relaid 2413 „ „
Old kerb reworked 1115 „ ,,
Tram relaid 70 „ „
New York paving laid 35832 feet super.
Old York paving relaid 49520 „ „
Ditto ditto refaced 2789 „ „
Materials used in repairing roads:—
Guernsey Granite 2720 tons.
Bombay stone 537 cubic yards.
Port Phillip stone 654 „ „
Common stone (various) 825 „ „
Flints (dug) 728 „ „
Gravel and Hoggin 576 „ „
Foundry clink and hard core 314 „ „
Slop carted 2763 yards.
Ground and stone carted 2249 loads.
Grey stone lime 47 cubic yards.
Portland cement 2 casks.
12,231 feet of kerb has been laid during the year, viz.:—3634 feet in Plough-road, 1289
feet in Lower York-street, 5738 in Rotherhithe New-road, 1468 feet in Manor-road, and
102 feet in Deptford Lower-road, and the cost thereof debited to the Paving Loan Account.
Commercial-street, Deptford-road, has been made up and the foot-ways kerbed and
flagged as far as William-street, the owners of the houses and the Vestry having contributed
towards the cost thereof as follows, viz.:—
£ s. d.
Cost of Work 262 5 0
Amount paid by owners 195 0 0
Amount contributed by Vestry 67 5 0
The portion of West-lane between Union-road and Paradise-street, formerly known as

Table: Paving Loan Account.

Paving Loan Account.

£s.d.£s.d.
To balance of Loan borrowed of Mr. J. W. Barrett, for Kerbing Footpaths154658By paid labour, Laying 12,231 feet of Kerb7153
„ 12,231 feet of Granite Kerb789185
„ Cartage of same65109
926145
By lent Paving and General Purposes Ac-count619113
£154658£154658

Table: Lighting Account, One Year ending 25th March, 1867.

Lighting Account, One Year ending 25th March, 1867.

£s.d.£s.d.
To Balance on 25th March, 1866395159½By paid Lighting, one year1202180
To Cash received from Lighting Rates.,1268135„ Commission „33311
„ Interest on current account with London and Westminster Bank1657£s.d..
„ lent Paving Account6334½
„ „ Sewers Account181154¾
„ Balance at Bankers19920
44409
£168028£168028

Table: Sewers' Account, One Year ending 25th March, 1867.

Sewers' Account, One Year ending 25th March, 1867.

£s.d.£s.d.
To Balance on 25th March, 1866259710By paid salaries, One year40000
To Cash received from Sewers Rates4193176¼„ Commission108111
„ for putting in Drains, &c.12004„ Interest on £800 Loan (Mr. Brandon)3968
„ Contributions towards cost of Gulleys, Nelson-street1123„ General Drainage Works (Kent)70694
„ „ „ Kinburn-street..2305„ New Sewer, Church-Street and Clark's-orchard (balance)27301
„ „ „ Forsyth-street201310„ Vestry of Bermondsey towards cost of Sewer, Manor-road45000
„ „ „ Union-Place042„ stationery, one year27151
„ Rent of Surface over Sewers040The Metropolitan Board of Works Expenses127590
„ Interest on current account with London and Westminster Bank30110„ „ Main Drainage Rate1043150
£4649114½Labour one Year449129
„ Cartage „3690
„ Borrowed from Lighting Account181154¾„ Tradesmen;s bills, &c.21711
£483169£483169