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Rotherhithe 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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That the Company be requested to pitch the new roads in the same way as the old ones,
and maintain them in good repair for three years from the date of the opening of such roads,
etc., to traffic.
That with reference to the culs de sac at the bottom of William Street, Maynard Road,
and Osprey Street, the Company be requested to provide a better means of ingress and egress.
That the Directors of the Dock Company be requested to agree to the widening of the
bridges to 30 ft., instead of 25 ft., so as to embrace a double line for vehicular traffic, as suggested
by the engineer to the London County Council, in his report to the Council on the provisions of
the Bill.
That the Directors of the Surrey Commercial Dock Company be asked to receive a deputation
from the Vestry on Tuesday, 29th February, at 2 p.m., that the deputation consist of five
members of the Vestry, and that the following gentlemen be deputed to form such deputation,
Rev. Canon Beck, Messrs. Talbot, Bisley and Stuart, and that Mr. Legg, the Surveyor of Sewers,
be invited to attend with the Clerk and Surveyor.
The Directors of the Company having expressed their willingness to receive the deputations
they waited upon the Directors at the time and on the day above stated, and reported the result
of their interview, as under:—
6th March, 1894.
The deputation appointed by the Vestry report that they met and conferred with a
Committee of the Directors of the Dock Company, on Tuesday last, the 29th February, with
reference to the resolutions passed by the Vestry at their last meeting on the following points in
the Company's proposed bill for the extension of their Docks:—
" The provision of accommodation for families displaced.
The insertion of a clause providing for the Company making up the deficiency in the rate
during the progress, and until the completion of the works.
The pitching of the new roads in the same way as the old ones, and the maintenance of
them in good repair for three years from date of opening to traffic.
The provision of better ingress and egress to William Street, Maynard Road and Osprey
Street, which would be formed into culs de sac.
The widening of the bridges so as to admit of a double line of vehicular traffic, with a
footpath on either side, and the alteration at the junction of Osprey Street with the
Lower Road, so as to give a better approach for vehicles.