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Rotherhithe 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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The brick gulley pits have, after a slight period of drought, to be filled up with water
owing to the porosity of their brickwork, and during the summer months a disinfectant was
mixed with the water.
In all cases where it has been necessary to insert additional, or to re-construct the old
gullies, I have put in double trapped cast-iron ones, the inner sludge box of which is
emptied weekly by the sweepers, thus preventing any smell or accumulation of deposit.
In the various works throughout the Parish, executed by our own workmen, the following materials have been used:—
| Broken Guernsey Granite | 927 tons |
| Thames Ballast | 2033 c. yards |
| ,, Sand | 65 „ |
| Stone Lime | 36 „ |
| Blue Lias Lime | 12 tons |
| Portland Cement | 286 „ |
| 3-in. York Flags | 2115 square feet |
| Victoria Stone | 11750 |
| 4-in. by 7-in. Guernsey Setts | 255 tons |
| 6-in. by 12-in. ,, Kerb | 331 feet lin. |
| 3-in. by 10-in. York Kerb | 1107 „ |
| Stock Bricks | 11475 |
Gullies in the following streets have been found with broken traps and have had new
stoneware ones inserted, surrounded with concrete:—
Parfitt Road
1
Albion Street
4
Cranham Road
2
Cow Lane
1
Trident Street
1
Lower Road
2
Clarence Street
1
Silver Street
1
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Drainage Works.
One hundred and sixty-one notices have been received in reference to the redrainage of
houses, erection of new houses, &c., as follows:—